Ace vs higher ace or vs PP after you get TP

[22suited]

After the call preflop I knew I was probably in trouble and I needed to get lucky unless he was playing off a big draw hand. I was curious about what you guys thought on the possible hands he had at this point and given my stack size could I have played it any differently? My idea was that he'd be doing this with AJ-AK, any pp 22-AA, 67 78 89 65 9T. Is that range off?

Hand #7340435-37 at SnG-MT201b-2 (No Limit tournament Hold'em)
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Started at 27/Jul/05 13:25:21

doctax73 is at seat 0 with 595.
saintjoe is at seat 1 with 545.
Osprey_1 is at seat 2 with 3800.
hero is at seat 3 with 1635.
dunkin donuts is at seat 4 with 1810.
fwannie is at seat 5 with 1685.
tripACES3 is at seat 6 with 4350.
leon17 is at seat 7 with 2265.
Bobch53e is at seat 8 with 5060.
The button is at seat 0.

hero posts the small blind of 50.
Osprey_1 posts the big blind of 100.

doctax73: -- --
saintjoe: -- --
Osprey_1: -- --
hero : Ac 8c
dunkin donuts: -- --
fwannie: -- --
tripACES3: -- --
leon17: -- --
Bobch53e: -- --

Pre-flop:

hero raises to 250. dunkin donuts folds.
fwannie folds. tripACES3 calls. leon17 folds.
Bobch53e folds. doctax73 folds. saintjoe folds.
Osprey_1 folds.

Flop (board: 6c 8d 5s):

hero bets 400. tripACES3 raises to 1850.
hero goes all-in for 1385. tripACES3 is returned
465 (uncalled).

Tournament all-in showdown -- players show:

hero shows Ac 8c.
tripACES3 shows Qc Qh.


Turn (board: 6c 8d 5s Jh):

(no action in this round)


River (board: 6c 8d 5s Jh Ad):

(no action in this round)




Showdown:

hero has Ac 8c 8d Jh Ad: two pair, aces and eights.
tripACES3 has Qc Qh 8d Jh Ad: a pair of queens.


Hand #7340435-37 Summary:

No rake is taken for this hand.
hero wins 3420 with two pair, aces and eights.
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[nath]

Well, my first suggestion is "don't play A8s UTG", but if you're really feeling the crunch of the increasing blinds and shortening stack and are loosening your requirements, then no, I don't much see you getting away from that flop. (i.e. if you're desperate enough to raise A8s UTG you're probably also desperate enough to go to the felt with TPTK)

[22suited]

I think you are right, I was feeling the crunch of the blinds increasing, but do you think that mindset was justified?