It was 500 1000 blinds There was about 60 people left I had 24000 and was the big blind for 1000 under the gun folded the next guy raised to 8000 then another person raised all in for 11000 and the original raiser had 12000 and was going to call. I looked and had 10 J clubs. I put them both on a ace. Is this the right play for half my stack or a triple up
None of the above comments have responded to HOW bad your play was.
I ran some % assuming they had a decent hand (pocket pair, Axs, Kxs, ...), and generally your
equity was around 29-33% preflop.
So is it really really bad math wise? No.
However, the question you want to ask yourself is: Is it worth it to gamble half my stack preflop knowing I have 3/10 chances to win the hand?
you could try it if you're short stack in my opinion. In this case you had 24BB, and that's not short stack. So i think 30% is too low. Especially because you were not in position.
I think you can wait for a better spot in this case.