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I'm gonna keep this pretty vague since the details dont really matter I'm just looking for a yeah you played the hand correctly or no you didnt (and this is why)

2nd hour 10+ rebuys on stars / I have 30K in chips w/ (well above average /
I'm in seat 3 and get dealt AA flat limp b/c there were aggressive players behind me so I was about 80% sure one of them would raise / I flat call the blinds and bingo a guy (who also had 30K in chips) that had been playing over aggressive w/ mediocore holdings raised the pot and made it 4K to go [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] ( blinds were 150-300 at the time i think)
folds back around to me w/ my AA
no one behind me to act I have the player isolated in the hand so
my thinking is see the flop /
hope he cathces a piece and
take him for his chips
IF ANYONE ELSE WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE HAND I WOULD HAVE RERAISED
so the flop comes Q,10,X
I'm first to act and have a pretty good feeling hes on a Q
i push all in and he calls and shows Q,Jo

needless to say Turn K river 9 for him to take the pot and boost him up into the top 20 in the tourney.

But was my thinking faulty anywhere along this hand? Should I have reraised him pre-flop. I'm pretty sure he wouldnt have gotten all his chips in the middle with QJo preflop
Is this the right play in this phase of the tourney or should I just be happy w/ whats in the pot re raise all in watch him fold and be glad that I didnt have to risk all my chips.
You know there are alot of bad online players who are willing to risk all there chips w/ mediocore hold such as
K10o and QJo
but how can you beat them over a course of a tourney when there ready to gamble with 60/40's and 70/30's
sure your gonna win the majority of them (which since like 50/50 at most)but you have to dodge so many of them to even have a shot to win one of these tournaments with excessively large fields it really feels like your almost playing the lottery ...
but anyway was i right?
what would you have done?

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I keep seeing this line with AA and I think it's ridiculous. Smooth call preflop and overpush any flop? What? Why? How is that the best play? What if the flop comes three to a suit that isn't yours? What if the flop has a high board pair or is something like KQJ or QJT?

When he makes the huge overbet preflop, go ahead and hit him back! Why fool around? Go ahead and make it 12k or even push. If he's willing to make such a massive overbet, find out how willing he is to defend it.
And what do you mean you have a "pretty good feeling he's on a Q"? How do you determine this? Magic? He hasn't even acted yet, so how would you know? When you say you have a "pretty good feeling" what you mean is "I hope he has top pair so I can stack him".
It's all topped off with the bad beat aspect, like you wouldn't even be questioning your line if villain hadn't made a runner-runner straight.
If you're tired of bad beats, start LAGging it up more so you have more chips to survive them. Or just don't play tournaments.
If you're wondering what went wrong with this hand, well, you butchered both streets you played, managed to get it all in as a nice favorite anyway, then get sucked out on. It happens, but you really misplayed this hand.

Here's my line:
If-- IF-- I limp because I think there's an aggro behind me who will raise, and then he raises me to 4K, I'm coming back hard, like 10k on top. THEN I'm pushing any flop if it comes to that.
4k is a f@$#ton of money right now. Be happy if you just take it.