18 left of a 70 person $50 MTT. FT pays, top 3 pays good. I have 6.5k (little above average) blinds 150/300. QQ utg + 1. Open it for 1200 all fold SB calls. Flop is K high and he leads for 1k. I make it 2. He pushed immediatelly... I called and lost to KT. Was really running good at that point both in the MTT and at ring, and had (or at least thought I had a great read that he didnt have the K)

My thought proccess:

he leads (somewhat week) = weak king/lower PP than mine.
I raise him small = I have a better King/you dont have the King.
he pushes = he is making a move on me cause I min raised (or thats what you think idiot)
I call = lets see if all the above was correct...

Mistakes done in the hand:

I should have PUSHED when he led at the pot. Adds the benefit that he can lay down his weak King.

I CALLED for all my chips. Has nothing to do the hand since I believed I was ahead but its a fundamental concept in poker: "If you are gonna go out, dont go out calling for all your chips"

Should I have gotten involved on the flop? Maybe, maybe not. But like I said I was running really good till that point

Thoughts?