outplayed or bad play?

This hand hurt. I think i crossed this between getting outplayed and a bad play on my part. The river bet of all in really messed up my thinking of the hand. Give me some feedback as to how i don't get caught in this again.
***** Hand History for Game 2671115715 *****
$200 NL Texas Hold'em - Wednesday, September 07, 19:24:25 EDT 2005
Table Table 48811 (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 2: VILLIAN( $105.40 )
Seat 3: khrichards ( $118.35 )
Seat 4: honkyboy ( $296.20 )
Seat 5: soul_hand ( $254.80 )
Seat 6: Betty_82 ( $80.85 )
Seat 7: M7__________ ( $239 )
Seat 8: onlynamerica ( $210.05 )
Seat 9: lazey41 ( $122 )
Seat 10: ChiTownBilly ( $217.60 )
Seat 1: HERO ( $208.80 )
honkyboy posts small blind [$1].
soul_hand posts big blind [$2].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO[ A [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] J [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] ]
Betty_82 folds.
M7__________ folds.
onlynamerica folds.
lazey41 folds.
ChiTownBilly folds.
HERO raises [$7].
VILLIAN raises [$12].
khrichards folds.
honkyboy folds.
soul_hand folds.
HERO calls [$5].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 8 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], T [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], Q [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] ]
HERO checks.
VILLIAN checks.
** Dealing Turn ** [ A [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] ]
HERO checks.
VILLIAN bets [$25].
HERO calls [$25].
** Dealing River ** [ J [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] ]
HERO checks.
VILLIAN is all-In [$68.40]
HERO calls [$68.40].

[djoyce003]

um, what reraising hands are you ahead of here.

(listens to crickets chirping)

my point exactly. I like completely brain farted with the all in play on the river. I said fold out loud and my hand had a mind of it's own and called. It's like...why would he go all in if he had it sort of thing instead of trying to get the max value from it. It just completely confused me.

[gol4pro]

River call is hurrendous.

Given villian's short stack, he's probably a nit. When I open AJ from MP, and nit's min-raise me, warning lights go off. Call is marginally ok though considering 4:1, but be very careful on a flop of Axx or Jxx

Ok, so you flop a double gutter.... check looks good... as you still probably don't want to call much of a bet here.

Turn is probably a c/c or c/f. You still have outs, and even though it looks like villian is slowplaying a set, you have outs against his entire hand range.

River check is standard.... but name a single reraising hand you have beat? Villian has KK/AK here 100% of the time.

You lose to: 88,99,TT,JJ,QQ,KK,AA

you beat AT.

Catch my drift?

[NYCNative]

Don't play a problem hand like AJ out of position when you're reraised. You're behind unless villain is a total donkey.

[LaramieJC]

Is folding here to the reraise preflop too tight...
I'd lead the turn for 3/4 and see how villain reacts; fold to a raise. Put in a blocking bet for 1/2 pot on river or check fold if he pushed the way you played it.

[NYCNative]

I would fold to the reraise because it takes a perfect flop to feel good about the hand. All rags and you're beat. Any Ace and you might be outkicked (or cracked Kings) and any Jack and you lucked out against AK (or are still behind Queens). Short of flopping Broadway or trips, most every flop has danger and you have to act first.

So even though you might have the odds to call that PF raise, I feel it's still unprofitable in the long run because you can get into a lot of trouble as you've seen above.

So i wasn't outplayed, i was just a donkey for being in that hand to begin with. Okay, let's just delete this post and if anyone asks i'll deny it ever happened.

[NYCNative]

How are we to learn from your mistakes then? [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

what mistake...i don't know what ur talking about