I was in a $5 Sit-N-Go tourney today on Empire. Here's what happened.

I just made it to the final 3, so I'm in the money and smiling. I'm also the short stack with 1,900 chips. Blinds are 200/400. I'm in the big blind and get dealt QQ.

Player A on the button folds. Player B raises to 800 from the small blind. He's been raising 90% of the time from SB and Button. I have a big hand for the circumstance, so I push all in for 1,900. He calls, turns up QJo and we go to the board with me a huge favorite.
T,7,3.
K.
A.

So he caught lucky and made the straight. I went out of the tourney in 3rd. I'm okay with the way it went down, but keep wondering...

If I had slow played and just called pre-flop, I probably could have won with a bet or push on the flop. He may have called anyway and caught his runner-runner.

Am I wasting my time considering such alternatives? I mean, if the same board came out in the reverse order, I might have folded the best hand on the flop. But even then, I would still have some chips!

I got my chips all in when I was a big favorite. Perhaps that is the real goal. Good outcome or bad...if you got 'em in as the favorite, you played it right.