Did I blow this?

[JerseyTom]

More generally, I'm wondering how you should play big pairs early on. I wonder if my pot-sized bet on the flop was a bad idea...

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saw flop|<font color="C00000">saw showdown</font>

MP3 (t800)
<font color="C00000">CO (t800)</font>
Button (t800)
SB (t800)
BB (t800)
UTG (t800)
UTG+1 (t800)
UTG+2 (t800)
MP1 (t800)
<font color="C00000">JerseyTom (t800)</font>

Preflop: JerseyTom is MP2 with Q/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, Q/images/graemlins/heart.gif.
<font color="666666">2 folds</font>, UTG+2 calls t15, MP1 calls t15, <font color="CC3333">JerseyTom raises to t75</font>, <font color="666666">1 fold</font>, CO calls t75, <font color="666666">3 folds</font>, UTG+2 folds, MP1 folds.

Flop: (t205) 6/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 2/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 9/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">JerseyTom bets t205</font>, CO calls t205.

Turn: (t615) T/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">JerseyTom bets t300</font>, <font color="CC3333">CO raises to t520 (All-In)</font>, JerseyTom calls t220 (All-In).

River: (t1655) 7/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="blue">(2 players, 2 all-in)</font>

Final Pot: t1655
<font color="green">Main Pot: t1655 (t1655), between CO and JerseyTom.</font> &gt; <font color="white">Pot won by CO (t1655).</font>

Results in white below: <font color="white">
JerseyTom shows Qd Qh (one pair, queens).
CO shows As 8d (straight, ten high).
Outcome: CO wins t1655. </font>