Too aggressive or bad luck? (PokerStars $6+.50 newbie post)

[fishhead]

Background on this hand is that I played very tight early and won only one showdown (quad tens on the flop against a med stack A high flush). I had a horrible run of cards but maintained a decent stack with 3xBB steals. I sensed weakness here, and given that blinds were going to increase the next round, I pushed. My reasoning for this play was that a T1000 bet on the flop would leave me with only 5 BB and too crippled to win 1st place. Was this a moronic bluff or a reasonable play given that I was ITM already?

(You can ignore the fact that I left myself with 185 chips on my push...I miskeyed.)

Thanks in advance for the help!


PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t400 (3 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

Button (t4273)
SB (t4617)
Hero (t4610)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 9/images/graemlins/club.gif, 6/images/graemlins/club.gif.
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, SB completes, Hero checks.

Flop: (t650) 4/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 5/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 5/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t4000</font>, <font color="#CC3333">SB raises to t4192</font>, Hero calls t185 (All-In).

Turn: (t9027) 6/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

River: (t9027) 3/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

Final Pot: t9027

[lastchance]

I probably would have pushed preflop, but checking isn't horrible.

IMHO, a t400 bet on the flop would make them fold just as much as a t1000 bet. Why overbet the pot when you can bet 1/2-2/3 of the pot and pick it up when your opponent doesn't have a pair (which is a lot of the time).

I see no reason to push flop.