Shoving pre-flop at the final table of an MTT

[Tallon29]

I'm really getting into playing tournament Hold'Em and am having some good success lately. The hand below is on the final table of a $12, 180-player SNG @ PS. I finished 3rd for $236 which is nice, but this hand has been tormenting me since last night so I thought I'd post here for some expert advice as I am really inexperienced at MTT play and just trying to learn from my mistakes.

(sorry I can't post the pretty version as I don't have 10 posts yet).

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t5000 (3 handed) Poker Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver (Format: Plain Text)

Hero (t83791)
SB (t120075)
BB (t66134)

Preflop: Hero is Button with Qs, Qd.
Hero raises to t20000, SB raises to t35000, 1 fold, Hero raises to t83291, SB calls t48291.

Flop: (t167082) Tc, 8c, 9d (2 players)

Turn: (t167082) 8h (2 players)

River: (t167082) Ah (2 players)

Final Pot: t167082

Results below:
Hero has Qs Qd (two pair, queens and eights).
SB has As Jh (two pair, aces and eights).
Outcome: SB wins t167082.

Would the better play been to simply have called his pre-flop reraise, and then shove on a flop with no A/K? Would he have called anyway with the OESD?

Thanks

[Jamjoe]

you got it in good,
id imagine he was calling a flop push if you had have just called his raise, there would be ~75,000 in the middle with you only having less than 50,000, i dont see him folding with OESD and two overcards (unless he knew you were holding a Q and hitting his J would make you a straight) and the chance to knockout another person

[AlphaKennyBody]

You played it fine. There is absolutely no shame in getting it all in PF with QQ when it's 3-handed. And as stated above, he would've got in AI on the flop with an OESD and two overcards anyway.

[trump]

Yeah, I'd have done what you did.

[bjsaust]

If you can get QQ ai pre v's AJ on the final table of an MTT you should be very happy.

[Tallon29]

Thanks for the reassurance, guys