Facing a short stack all in:

When playing in tournament poker there will frequently be a situon when a sh sk goes all-in and sees two or more callers. A standard practice here is for the plrs who called the all-in to check the hand down in order to increase their chances of eliminng the all-in plr. However, checking the hand down may not always be the smart move. The strategy of checking the hand down has one huge weakness: it depends on the cooperon of the other plr. If the other plr does not cooperate, you can find yourself folding your hand to a strong bet, only to see the all-in plr win the pot with a hand you could've beaten had you std in.
How do you react to a bet in that situon. Assuming your chip sk and the bettors chip sk is equivelant and he is a TAG.
You will only e difficulties in this situon if you are playing weaker starting hands than you would otherwise, we can all fall into the trap of playing poorly against weaker (small sks) or people we perceive to be of lower ability than ourselves.
I would try to disregard the all-in plr in this situon, continue to play the hand against the other caller as you would if you were heads up.
If you e a strong enough starting hand you can always re-raise the all-in bet and hopefully isolate yourself and the all-in plr.
Unless I e a significant chip advantage over the sh sk or if there were some s of KO bonus, i would not call unless I had a decent hand. In any case, if you e a hand raising would be the best situonal option.
I actually ran into That last night In a Full tilt 100$ freeroll. 2700 people entered And it was down to 17 people. Well a sh sk went all in and there was 3 other callers including myself, well the flop came and I moved all in with a pre bluff. The other 2 guys folded and caused a big scene over this Because they felt It should of been checked down to try and eliminate the sh sk all in. My Idea on this whole thing was WHY would i want to sit there and check the hands down and give the other 2 guys a chance to win????? I WANted them outta of the hand. ME VS 1 SHORT sk is alot better than ME vs 3 Lol. Im Not trying to eliminate 1 sh sk I WANT EVERYONE"S CHIPS .
This is all about ev. Some times you gain more ev by eliminng that plr than actually winning that small pot, and of course you e a better chance of eliminng him with more plrs in the pot. Say if you are on the bubble in a SnG and there are 4 plrs involved in a pot including the sh sk being all in. IF there is no sidepot, it is almost always +ev to check the hand down and take a chance of 3 people beng the sh sk rather than 1. It is much more valuable to be guaranteed in the money than to maybe e a few extra chips.
(note: this is speculve, i'm assuming that it is a super sh sk and winning his chips doesn't e a large affect on your sk)
However, say there was a raise and 3 calls and there was a side pot (lets use 2k as an example and a main pot of 600) then it is often best to play for the side pot still.
Hope this clears everything up just know that this play WILL make you money in the long run.
If you feel that you e the better hand by a long shot, then you e to shove, but what to do when you feel you may not be able to beat the TAg? unfunately I feel that all you can do is get the hell outa the way and curse him out if he loses lol. it sucks when it happens but if you feel you can't hit it then you really e no other choice.