What is the correct play, here?

[AaronO]

$2 no limit MTT
40 players left, 20 places pay
I have around T7500 and am just above average stack
Blinds T200/T400
I'm in MP, with 2 limpers and find AK [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]
I raise to T2000
folded to UTG +1 who calls my raise
Flop
9-6-3 rainbow
UTG checks
I bet T2400
UTG check raises all in, and has me covered
Fold or call and why?
This hand has been bugging me greatly, so any thoughts are extremely appreciated.

[DireWolf]

if u are going to bet, push the flop.

[LethalRose]

If you're going to raise 33% of your stack you might as well push, you have a good chance of picking up all the limps, checking behind here and seeing a flop here is not bad either.

also, on the flop you're only move is to go all in on the flop or check behind, then check/fold the turn unless you improve.

[AaronO]

Push the flop. Yep that makes sense. Thanks.

[locutus2002]

In your situation you should call even if villain flipped over QQ because his most likely holding is a pocket pair and you are a 3:1 dog, but the pot is laying you 4:1. I think his most likely holding is a PP, so I don't push after the flop. I check behind and take a free card.
You still have 13XBB left, and I would fold to a push and look for another opportunity.

[Noel Montgomery]

33% of his stack? Pre-flop or flop?

If you mean pre-flop (it was actually somewhere around 27%), what's the stack percentage cutoff where it's better to just go all in? 25%?