($55) Disgusting situation with QQ early game, all streets debateable

[psyduck]

NL Texas Hold'em $50 Buy-in + $5 Entry Fee Level:1 Blinds(10/15)
Seat 5 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 10: RUPPERTJONES ( $985 )
Seat 7: IGOTWTUWNT ( $1000 )
Seat 5: Fish_Filet ( $985 )
Seat 4: Hero ( $1000 )
Seat 1: skinnylefty ( $1000 )
Seat 9: N0Hope ( $1000 )
Seat 8: ojernan ( $1000 )
Seat 6: 007 ( $985 )
Seat 3: cpkz148 ( $1000 )
Seat 2: indy_greg ( $1045 )
Level:1 Blinds(10/15)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hero [ Qd Qh ]
ojernan folds.
N0Hope folds.
RUPPERTJONES folds.
skinnylefty raises [125].
indy_greg folds.
cpkz148 folds.
Hero calls [125].
Fish_Filet folds.
007 folds.
IGOTWTUWNT folds.
** Dealing Flop ** [ Ts, 9c, Th ]
skinnylefty bets [150].
Hero calls [150].
** Dealing Turn ** [ Jd ]
skinnylefty bets [250].
Your time bank will become active in less than 20 seconds. If you do not want it to be used, please act now.
Hero will be using his time bank for this hand.
Hero calls [250].
** Dealing River ** [ Ac ]
skinnylefty is all-In [475]
Hero folds.
skinnylefty does not show cards.
skinnylefty wins 1550 chips


Preflop: I instantly felt this was AA-TT, AK, AQ. The vast overbet threw me off. In a $22 or a $33, I would re-raise to 300, and put my stack in as soon as possible, but that's because I expected to see hands like KQ and AJ a lot in a $22 or a $33. I thought I could take a flop with this hand, and play accordingly.

Flop: T9T, not too bad. I'm ahead of AK, AQ and JJ. He makes a sizeable bet, and I call, since if he has AK or AQ or JJ, I want him to keep bluffing at it. Way ahead/way behind situation here, right?

Turn: BLEH, so I'm ahead of exactly AK and AQ, and NOTHING else. He bets 1/2 pot, which seems milking (not so much probe bet since this is the turn). I call because I've picked up an open-ended draw as well.

River: An ace. Now I'm ahead of nothing, and am chopping with another improbable QQ. I fold.


I think that if I had just re-raised preflop, I wouldn't have gotten into such a sticky situation postflop.

Thoughts?