I fold here. My guess is that he probably already has a flush of some stripe.

My guess is the baby flush. And I'm not going to fight him for it here.

He has the most of the times, which gives him 11 outs times 2. If he has paired his kicker he's got 13 outs and is basically coinflipping. He does not have a made flush. He could have two-pair which is a coinflip... he could also be on a stone cold bluff or just have a pair and no re-draw.

1750 in the pot and 850 to call...

Most of the time this will be a coinflip (some of the time you will crush him). You have more than 40% of your stack in the pot already. You are getting very good pot odds. I think you have to call here.

If it were a cash game, I'd call. In a SNG, I fold.

Yes, I will be crushed by a good player by folding here. But the majority of these players are awful. I don't want to gamble with them early on when I can crush them later. I ended up placing first in this specific SNG.

No, I was not severely short-stacked. No, I do not believe pot odds should be anything more than a guideline in SNGs when it costs you the rest of your stack. When you lose, you're out. In a cash game that's fine since I can buy back in knowing I had the best of it and I'll take his money later. Early on in a SNG, I avoid these confrontations.

Stone, like I said, if it were later in the tourney, then I would not even consider folding here. This is not a routine fold for me or anything of the sort. I generally play weak-tight early on with the blinds puny, and change gears when the blinds approach 50/100.

Maybe I should change my name.