Better strategy short stacked

This weekend I was in a $11 18 person sit -n- go. We were down to the final 5 and the tournament paid 4 spots.

Villian 1 5,000 chips
Villian 2 4,800 chips
Villian 3 6,900 chips
Me (small blind) 1,800 chips
Villian 4 (Big Blind) 1,600 chips

Blinds are 150/300. (and about to go up again)

Everyone is folded to me and I'm holding A9. I push all in and am called with 6c 9c and he catches the 6 on the river to cripple me and then out of the money on a few hands later.

My question is this.... Better to push allin Preflop or to just call, see the Flop and be the first to push in irregardless of the flop, let him think it hit me.

Tell me what you think

Thanks

If you just call the BB, he would be correct to push on you, as you show weakness. Same result.
IMHO you did the right thing to shove preflop.

I cant see anything wrong with pushing With Ax with 6BB left.

TBH if he saw any knid of draw / possibility on the flop he would push too as he has only 5BB left.

Only thing is why didnt he respect your push? It works better if you have maintained a tight image than a loose 'ill steal the blinds' image.

Saying that to be called with 6 9s well thats a pretty poor call so I wouldnt worry too much there! (he may well have given up and decided to call .. not because of his hand but because there was the chance to double if a mirical flop came up)

It was correct to push in that situation, but you also could have wait a little more to see if the other shortstack was eliminated and you could be in the money. You still had time before you have to put the blinds again. It's just a matter of choices. By the way the the villian calling you're bet with 69 was a terrible call.

Yeah basically you are in ace and race mode in that situation if everyone folds to you. It is the correct play, and most of the time it will work.

Yeah I totally agree. But today I did the same and ran into JJ.... That's poker and remember you cannot always win!!

NC_Royals,
Remember also the inflection point from HOH, which gives good guidelines for your play in that situation

Donk call its is simple as that

read your player know if hes a donk
if he is you have advantage post flop so

see the flop

yea that is kinda lame he didnt respect your all in since hyall both were limited to hands to play with the amount of chips you had left..at the same time he was prolly just waiting for a decent hand to push and hope to get lucky since his trny life was very low..not a bad play i wouldnt have called you