I don't post questions here often so if I'm leaving out key details, please let me know.
I'm wondering what the correct play is in the following situation:
Down to 26 people - top 23 win buy-in to $215 multi.
Blinds are 6000/12000 - 23,400 in the pot before my action.
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t12000 (9 handed)
converter
BB (t33250)
UTG (t39491)
UTG+1 (t6945)
MP1 (t40692)
MP2 (t17674)
Hero (t14728)
CO (t5972)
Button (t23210)
SB (t38460)
Preflop: Hero is MP3 with J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
Everyone folds to me.
Everyone has been folding to the blinds for the last round or so unless they are critically short-stacked - except for UTG who has been raising my blinds, forcing me to fold (he's already out of the hand). There is only one short stack behind me and I have him covered about twice-fold.
The current blinds are among the largest stacks remaining - I assume the small blind will fold her blind (she's not in danger yet) and only the big blind will call if I push.
What's the correct play for survival? Push or try to wait it out for others to bust out first?