first live tournament did i play this hand wrong?

[davesneddon]

Thanks for the responses, playing the tourney again tomo, will post in the MTT section any key hands and see what u all think.

[DeuceSeven]

Let me explain a little more why I push QQ. You have 2500 in chips the blinds are 100+200 = 300. So you have 2500/300 = a little more then 8 orbits left without playing a hand left in your chip stack, Harrington calls this your M. I start getting desperate and making more plays well before I get to this point.

When I have an M < 10 and I haven't pushed all in yet in ep I push with QQ-99, AK-AQ, and fold everything else except AA, KK which I make a standard raise. In middle position you can add 88-66, AJs. In late position Ax, KJ+, and PP. Of course this is table dependent, this is my general strategy.

Your hand is a great example of why you push. Had you pushed you gain 300 which increases your stack by more then 10% if everyone folds and you have the chance to double up. With how you played this hand, the flop has a pot of 1500, while you have a stack of 1800. You are now pot committed. I could only get away from an AKx flop against a tight opponent in this spot.