Any Way To Do This Different

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I bought one of those Christmas packages from Pokerroom. Got 2 tickets to the 50 + 4 tourney and a 22 + 2 tourney. Highest buy in I have ever played online was 20. I did not know what to expect as far as skill level but found myself sitting pretty.


Blinds were 400 and 800
Big Stack had 19000 or so
I had 11000 or so sitting 4th out of 46 left
Top 20 get paid

UTG I miniraise with A [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] A [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]

Guy in MP1 with 5500 or so calls

Guy in MP3 with 9700 makes it 3000

I push all in because I dont want to face two players.

First guy folds and other calls. He has KK.

Flop is Q K Q. And I am down to 2200. Next hand I get 10 10 and go all in. Caller has AA this time and I am out. From 4th of 46 to out in 2 hands.

My question is should I have just called and went from there? Or did I have to do what I did to get the 3rd guy out of the hand? Even if I folded after the flop I would have had a decent stack to work with. I always play to win though and all I could think was if I win that hand I am chip leader. What would you have done?