Too aggressive with AQs

[rjc199]

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (6 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

BB (t1000)
UTG (t4050)
MP (t570)
Hero (t850)
Button (t870)
SB (t660)

Preflop: Hero is CO with Q/images/graemlins/heart.gif, A/images/graemlins/heart.gif.
UTG folds, MP folds, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises to t850 (All-In)</font>, Button folds, SB folds, BB calls t750.

Flop: (t1750) 4/images/graemlins/heart.gif, K/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 8/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="blue">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

Turn: (t1750) T/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="blue">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

River: (t1750) K/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="blue">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

Final Pot: t1750
<font color="green">Main Pot: t1750 (t1750), between BB and Hero.</font> &gt; <font color="white">Pot won by BB (t1750).</font>

Results in white below: <font color="white">
BB shows As Ac (two pair, aces and kings).
Hero shows Qh Ah (one pair, kings).
Outcome: BB wins t1750. </font>

I'm thinking that if I bet 3xBB I would have done much better here. But, 3xBB was almost 40% of my stack. I know I wouldn't have called an all-in with this hand. I would have either stolen the blinds or folded. So what do I do? Am I just being results oriented?

[Hood]

I think you played it right. If you'd raised 3x BB and have been re-raised, i think it would have been wrong to fold it - their would be 1050-1150 in the pot (depending if the blinds did the reraising). Putting in your last 550 would be easy. Just unlucky.

[TylerD]

Seems fine to me.

[Tosh]

I see no other way to play it.