No. You are neither "playing for 3rd" nor "playing for 1st." You are always playing to maximize expectation. Theoretically, at the end of each hand, you own x% of the prize pool (before the first hand, all 9 own 11% of the prize pool). You are always playing to maximize that number.
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Old Norse adage
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