AQs, I guess I should have raised PF

[RustyCJ]

Paradise Poker 0.50/1 Hold'em (9 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with Q/images/graemlins/spade.gif, A/images/graemlins/spade.gif.
UTG calls, UTG+1 folds, MP1 folds, Hero calls, MP3 folds, CO folds, Button folds, SB completes, <font color="CC3333">BB raises</font>, UTG calls, Hero calls, SB calls.

Flop: (8 SB) 6/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 9/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, Q/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="blue">(4 players) </font>
SB checks, <font color="CC3333">BB bets</font>, <font color="CC3333">UTG raises</font>, <font color="CC3333">Hero 3-bets</font>, SB folds, BB folds, UTG calls.

Turn: (7.50 BB) 5/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="blue">(2 players) </font>
UTG checks, <font color="CC3333">Hero bets</font>, UTG calls.

River: (9.50 BB) J/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="blue">(2 players) </font>
UTG checks, <font color="CC3333">Hero bets</font>, UTG calls.

Final Pot: 11.50 BB
<font color="#990066">Main Pot: 11.50 BB, between Hero and UTG.</font> &gt; <font color="white">Pot won by UTG (11.50 BB).</font>

Results in white below: <font color="white">
UTG shows Jd Qd (two pair, queens and jacks).
Hero shows Qs As (one pair, queens).
Outcome: UTG wins 11.50 BB. </font>

Should I have checked on the end? I sensed QJ, even though he didn't raise

[JSD]

Raise pre-flop.

The rest of the hand is good, including the river bet.

[SoCalPat]

1. I don't know if raising PF would have won you this hand (will the BB make it 3 if you raise, and would UTG fold when it's two cold to him?), but if UTG sees this flop, you aren't winning. Still, that's no reason for not raising PF here.

2. The river bet is mandatory. UTG has shown nothing to indicate that you might be behind. Sure, QJ is a possibility, but so is QK or QT.

Other than the absence of a PF raise, well played all across.