AQ off, time to push?

[pdxjayhawk]

I've been a LHE ring game guy for a long time. But after lurking here quite a bit, thought some SNG's would be a nice way to work out my NL jones with small investments. I've been in the money more often than not (caveat: very small sample size) by being very patient, and playing very tight in the early rounds. Then loosening up later.

I had been card dead in this one the entire time. The pre-flop raise comes from the table maniac, who was blind stealing (and then showing the hands) with trash even in the early stages of the tournament.

So with a short stack, what's the play here? Push over the top, or fold and wait for another opportunity?

NL Texas Hold'em $10 Buy-in + $1 Entry Fee Trny:14417709 Level:4 Blinds(50/100) - Sunday, July 31, 10:48:21 EDT 2005
Table Table 17610 (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Total number of players : 7
Seat 4: xRMJx ( $895 )
Seat 6: Merlin422 ( $650 )
Seat 10: loki_fenirr ( $2383 )
Seat 3: TCE999 ( $1435 )
Seat 2: fredgl ( $817 )
Seat 5: pdxjayhawk ( $500 )
Seat 7: SquereOptima ( $1320 )
Trny:14417709 Level:4
Blinds(50/100)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to pdxjayhawk [ Qc Ad ]
loki_fenirr raises [250].
fredgl folds.
TCE999 folds.
xRMJx folds.
pdxjayhawk ?????

[1C5]

given read, easy push [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

[ldavidjm]

Yep, even without a good read like you have I'm shoving this in, you're too short stacked- AQ is a godsend here.

[MegaBet]

What more are you waiting for? Read or no read, this is a clear push. You want to get everyone else out and go heads up with villain, who is committed to the pot.

[Ogre]

push

[hyde]

I knew the answer was push, but read your post anyway.
confirmed.