Bubble play question

[muffins]

A few times tonight I have busted out of sngs 4th when I pushed hands AQs and AK on the button and got called by low pocket pairs. The blinds were 100/200 & 200/400 respectively and I had a stack of 2500-3000 (most stacks equal). Should I avoid making these plays in favour of waiting for someone else to bust out, or should I make a smaller raise and see a flop (leaving me vulnerable to a resteal and almost committed anyway) or is this an ok play?

[Niggel]

As far as you are < 15 BB you can almost always profitably push AK - < 10 BB AQ. I think you played fine and just got unlucky...

[TruFloridaGator]

Easy shoves, post those hands to be more specific but you're being very results oriented.