TPTK play

Was this too aggressive?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t150 (7 handed) converter

CO (t1400)
Button (t1265)
SB (t1155)
BB (t1665)
UTG (t2385)
MP1 (t3585)
Hero (t2045)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t500</font>, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, BB calls t350.

Flop: (t1075) 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
BB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t450</font>, BB calls t450.

Turn: (t1975) 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">BB bets t150</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t1095</font>

It would really help if you had a read on this player, especially what he donkbets with. If you think you're ahead the push is the right move I think.

I'm curious to how other (better than me) players would play a hand like this. The pot is 2/3 of your stack on the flop. Are there players who push on the flop?

[Nacarno]

It's the BB's stack size that's important here... On the flop the pot is almost equal to the BB's remaining stack so I'd either just put him all-in on the flop or bet about 1/2 the pot hoping he raises all-in with an even weaker hand. If he flat calls the flop, all the money is going in on the turn. At no point am I folding this hand at this stage in the tourney with that board.

[DJ Sensei]

Looks fine to me, once he calls your flop bet all the money should be going in on the turn.

The flop bet could be larger, but I think getting him to call off more chips is the top priority, and a bigger bet could chase him off if he has a worse hand than yours.

Also, I like the bigger than normal preflop raise, it puts more pressure on the shortstacks and makes your postflop decisions easier.