Call this short-stack push with top pair?

NL .10/.25 blinds $10-$50 buy-in 9 max
Games were pretty wild last night…lots of action.
MP3 seems decent; she's not crazy like some of the others.
How's my line up until the push, and should I call or not?

Seat 5 – BUTTON ($5.50 in chips)
Seat 6 – SB ($8.40 in chips)
Seat 7 – KING ($25.95 in chips)
Seat 8 – UTG ($11.95 in chips)
Seat 9 - UTG+1 ($26.90 in chips)
Seat 1 - MP1 ($34.65 in chips)
Seat 2 - MP2 ($6.95 in chips)
Seat 3 - MP3 ($7.15 in chips)
Seat 4 – CO ($9.65 in chips)

Dealt to KING [Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]]
UTG- Folds
UTG+1- Calls $0.25
MP1- Folds
MP2- Folds
MP3- Raises $1.25 to $1.25
CO- Folds
BUTTON- Folds
SB- Folds
KING- Calls $1
UTG+1- Calls $1
*** FLOP *** [J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]]
KING- Bets $3.25
UTG+1- Folds
MP3- All-In(Raise) $5.90 to $5.90
KING should ???

[Mercman572]

i fold preflop. QJ is a drawing hand, and one that doesn't play well in raised pots at that, plus you're oop

[OatmealJoe]

Faced with less than a min-raise all-in, I would definitely call. The small stack could be on a flush draw, but even if they have AA, you still have the odds to draw to another Q or J.

[PinkSteel]

[ QUOTE ]
i fold preflop. QJ is a drawing hand, and one that doesn't play well in raised pots at that, plus you're oop

[/ QUOTE ]

Word. As played, I call.

[Sifmole]

You have to call, and likely lose.

But why bet this flop? You have top pair, but a pair lower than many likely PF raisers pocket pairs ( AA, KK, QQ ) -- he is short stack if he committed 15% before the flop he isn't folding -- stacks that short rarely fold. If you are going to bet put the short stack all-in but I still think it is not a profitable bet.

You want at least a redraw to a straight or flush to make this bet.