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Okay so this is a hand from an 8$ 180man turbo sng i played a few days ago.I guess my question is whether this is an ok shove and if its not, what my range should be here to shove.Oh and as for the other players at the table, there wasn't a really big fish out there, basicly everybody was playing solid up to that point, myself included.Also id like to know what the correct strategy is here, do i play for the money jumps or do i play to win or get 2nd.

Poker Stars $7.34+$0.66 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t1500/t3000 Blinds + t300 - 7 players

Hero (MP): t30645 M = 4.64
CO: t20379 M = 3.09
BTN: t48697 M = 7.38
SB: t12765 M = 1.93
BB: t54007 M = 8.18
UTG: t28052 M = 4.25
UTG+1: t75455 M = 11.43

Pre Flop: (t6600) Hero is MP with 6 of diamonds 5 of diamonds
2 folds, Hero raises to t30345 all in, 1 fold, BTN raises to t48397 all in, 2 folds

Flop: (t67290) T of diamonds J of spades 7 of hearts (2 players - 2 are all in)

Turn: (t67290) 8 of clubs (2 players - 2 are all in)

River: (t67290) K of clubs (2 players - 2 are all in)

Final Pot: t67290
Hero shows 6 of diamonds 5 of diamonds (high card King)
BTN shows A of diamonds J of hearts (a pair of Jacks)
BTN wins t67290

I'd say it was fairly close, the SB is very much the shortest and so is likely to call one player, but may fold if two tangle. I would consider this about borderline and so would either fold or call depending on recent gameflow or any other small reason I'd noticed. If the stacks were a bit more even I would definitely push but I think I lean toward a fold here. I think I would push any pair or reasonable Ax, say A8+ and most broadways.

Also id like to know what the correct strategy is here, do i play for the money jumps or do i play to win or get 2nd.

I would say that for 180s it is best to favour the attempt at reaching the top 3 but watch out for the presence of very small stacks when it may be worth either slowing down or using this as extra pressure against scared.players.
I think there is a quite interesting dynamic at exactly 19 handed - if you are a really low stack 2bb or so it may be worth trying to just fold (within reason) into the payouts but with a reasonable stack it is the time to try to grab some chips. If you get the chance to pressure another short stack fine but when at desperation level and holding a really poor hand in the SB it might be good to nurse yourself into the money.
This 19 to 18 point is quite a good sized % payout jump and once this bubble bursts it's right back to a chip ev for the next 6 or 7 kills.

are the blinds about to go up or not? its really close but i think fold is correct. Maybe be shoving the CO. like very close to me.