Two AQ hands. How badly did I play them?

[soxfan70]

UB multi last night, started with 373. This first hand I was the chip leader. The whole tourney, I have been making a standard 3x BB raise, and showing down legit hands. Disregard that UTG called with pocket 3's and then also called my 3x BB raise with them. My question has to do with my bets on the flop, turn and river. My thinking is they were too small, and gave away the weakness of my hand.
Would I have been better off to let it go after the flop bet was called, or to make a larger, pot sized bet on the turn?

wxsteve is at seat 0 with 5270.
poweredsoap is at seat 1 with 4645.
borntofli is at seat 2 with 2635.
jmcrowell is at seat 3 with 840.
wboarder is at seat 4 with 1780.
pokerkram is at seat 5 with 670.
sailorlobell is at seat 7 with 1255.
soxfan70 is at seat 8 with 9380.
kbshiznit is at seat 9 with 2280.
The button is at seat 7.

soxfan70 posts the small blind of 50.
kbshiznit posts the big blind of 100.

wxsteve: -- --
poweredsoap: -- --
borntofli: -- --
jmcrowell: -- --
wboarder: -- --
pokerkram: -- --
sailorlobell: -- --
soxfan70: Ac Qd
kbshiznit: -- --

Pre-flop:

wxsteve calls. poweredsoap folds. borntofli folds.
jmcrowell folds. wboarder folds. pokerkram folds.
sailorlobell folds. soxfan70 raises to 350.
kbshiznit folds. wxsteve calls.

Flop (board: 4c 8d 8s):

soxfan70 bets 500. wxsteve calls.

Turn (board: 4c 8d 8s 6s):

soxfan70 bets 1000. wxsteve calls.

River (board: 4c 8d 8s 6s Th):

soxfan70 bets 1500. wxsteve calls.



Showdown:

soxfan70 shows Ac Qd.
soxfan70 has Ac Qd 8d 8s Th: a pair of eights.
wxsteve shows 3h 3d.
wxsteve has 3h 3d 8d 8s Th: two pair, eights and threes.


The second AQ hand, I think I made a mistake that I make frequently with this hand. I KNOW that AQ plays better heads up, but didn't protect myself by re-raising the short stacked's all-in. By just calling I allowed the button to see the flop for 760, which as an aside, I don't make that call for 1/4 of my stack with an all-in and a caller. BUT, I'm trying to take responsibility for my own actions, and I'm pretty sure the proper play should have been to re-raise and shut him out. Any thoughts, BTW, UTG in this second hand went on to win the tourney. Upsetting that a play like this gets rewarded, but I did nothing to stop it, so.....

wxsteve is at seat 0 with 7465.
poweredsoap is at seat 1 with 6110.
borntofli is at seat 2 with 2455.
mcgigs is at seat 3 with 2680.
wboarder is at seat 4 with 2480.
lelli is at seat 5 with 5185.
dragonfred is at seat 6 with 760.
sailorlobell is at seat 7 with 2435.
soxfan70 is at seat 8 with 6130.
kbshiznit is at seat 9 with 1905.
The button is at seat 1.

borntofli posts the small blind of 75.
mcgigs posts the big blind of 150.

wxsteve: -- --
poweredsoap: -- --
borntofli: -- --
mcgigs: -- --
wboarder: -- --
lelli: -- --
dragonfred: -- --
sailorlobell: -- --
soxfan70: Ad Qc
kbshiznit: -- --

Pre-flop:

wboarder calls. lelli folds. dragonfred goes all-in
for 760. sailorlobell folds. soxfan70 calls.
kbshiznit folds. wxsteve folds. poweredsoap folds.
borntofli folds. mcgigs folds. wboarder calls.

Flop (board: Qs 2c Jc):

wboarder goes all-in for 1720. soxfan70 calls.

Tournament all-in showdown -- players show:

wboarder shows Tc Kc.
dragonfred shows 7h 7c.
soxfan70 shows Ad Qc.


Turn (board: Qs 2c Jc 9c):

(no action in this round)


River (board: Qs 2c Jc 9c Ts):

(no action in this round)




Showdown:

wboarder has Tc Kc 2c Jc 9c: flush, king high.
dragonfred has 7h 7c Qs Jc Ts: a pair of sevens.
soxfan70 has Ad Qc Qs Jc Ts: a pair of queens.

[SossMan]

In the first hand, I think you did all you could to get him out. Were these bets smaller than the bets you make w/ TPTK? Make sure you keep a note not to bluff this guy.

Hand 2, I fold or raise to isolate preflop. Once the flop comes, its an easy call. (Turns out you were a little behind, but that's okay w/ the overlay)

[soxfan70]

bump

[fnurt]

In a tournament situation, where you miss the flop with big cards, it is generally right to make one solid attempt on the flop and end it there. That's not to say you can't call on the river if you think he might be bluffing, for example, but betting all three streets with ace-high just bleeds too many chips in situations like this one.

In the second hand, I think your analysis is correct.