[nsj]

I agree that this is a push, but for a moment, playing devil's advocate...

Habitually, the place in these tournaments is fairly loose and passive. Players with middle pocket pairs, big aces, etc. really like to call and either: a) see a safe flop for their pair (and often, go broke with an overpair) or b) hit their A or K before investing more money. If I raise from EP and get, basically, min-raised, I think you see AA or KK much more often than you might at the $50+ level.

Just food for thought.