Shortstack Q9 suited live on BB...

i play the EPT poker tournaments occasionally in rhode island... i went tonight and did alright (14th out of 50ish) anyways... i made it top 16 obv.

i was low chip stack at my table about 5,000 and big blind (1200)(average stack was prob like 16000) putting me at 3800 total (after bb was in) ... i had planned on pushing all in if a couple people limped in as a had a tight solid image ( raised pot, had one caller,, raised after flop, folded)(just moved to this table but had a couple of people i had played with before knew i was tight/selective aggresive) anyways before i got my chance to push all in 3rd to act pushed all in for about 14000 ( 2before folded) everyone folded to me and i thought about it and i called because i would have been blinded out anyways... he showed A3o and i had Q9 suited....

i guess my question is... did i do the right thing? or should i have waited and been down to 3200 (after BB and SB pased) or did i do the righ thing even tho it wasn't a premo hand)...


one thing i do regret was that i wasnt that aggrasive... here there was barley any showdowns where as on line which i usually play... it seems like a showdown everyhand... thank you for help and sorry for bad strucure of post as it is my first thread started

There's nothing wrong with the structure of your post! (except that it's in the wrong forum)