Is the motivation of the all-in raise here to push nlisthegame out of the hand? By what you're saying dale, it sounds more like you'd just want the hand over with.

What I mean is, if your intention is not to push him out, there's functionally no difference between him making the bet that puts you AI and going AI yourself. Perhaps you even get to see an extra card in there that lets you make a cleaner decision.

A similar situation would be holding AA pre-flop against a pure calling station. You're high % to win, but if you're under the conditions where your AI will be called regardless of when you drop it, you're better off winning the hand first then dumping AI...same winnings, smaller losings.