playing AQo

How would you have played this hand if you were in my case???
its the final table of the tourney with 8 players left.

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Full Tilt Poker Game , Table 16 - 800/1600 Ante 200 - No Limit Hold'em - 18:10:52 ET - 2009/06/23
Seat 1: pantin007 (20,608)
Seat 2: only_bridge (41,322)
Seat 3: thewinner44 (43,278)
Seat 4: DubMeUp (38,027)
Seat 6: chefjimmy (33,934)
Seat 7: Wildjaxx (8,409)
Seat 8: ripclawph (10,392)
Seat 9: allndave (21,530)
pantin007 antes 200
only_bridge antes 200
thewinner44 antes 200
DubMeUp antes 200
chefjimmy antes 200
Wildjaxx antes 200
ripclawph antes 200
allndave antes 200
DubMeUp posts the small blind of 800
chefjimmy posts the big blind of 1,600
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to ripclawph [As Qh]
only_bridge: gg
Tonyb1965 (Observer): gg all
thewinner44: vv gg
Wildjaxx has 15 seconds left to act
DubMeUp: gg
Wildjaxx calls 1,600
DubMeUp: nh
Tonyb1965 (Observer): congrats winner on the challenge win
ripclawph has 15 seconds left to act
thewinner44: tks
ripclawph raises to 4,800
allndave folds
pantin007 folds
only_bridge folds
thewinner44 folds
DubMeUp folds
chefjimmy folds
Wildjaxx raises to 8,209, and is all in
ripclawph calls 3,409
Wildjaxx shows [2h 2d]
ripclawph shows [As Qh]
*** FLOP *** [5c Td Kc]
*** TURN *** [5c Td Kc] [5d]
*** RIVER *** [5c Td Kc 5d] [4d]
Wildjaxx shows two pair, Fives and Twos
ripclawph shows a pair of Fives
Wildjaxx wins the pot (20,418) with two pair, Fives and Twos
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 20,418 | Rake 0
Board: [5c Td Kc 5d 4d]
Seat 1: pantin007 folded before the Flop
Seat 2: only_bridge folded before the Flop
Seat 3: thewinner44 (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: DubMeUp (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 6: chefjimmy (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 7: Wildjaxx showed [2h 2d] and won (20,418) with two pair, Fives and Twos
Seat 8: ripclawph showed [As Qh] and lost with a pair of Fives
Seat 9: allndave folded before the Flop
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i was thinking of goin' allin pf instead to steal the pot and force that 22 to fold.
hhhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmmmm:confused :

well i think he was thinking the same thing as you. he was hoping to buy the blinds also. i chalk it up to bad luck.

here is another instance where i should win with my AQ...
the called with totally nothing except for a double back door straight... and hits it!!!


PokerStars Game #31275571301: Tournament #183605923, $1.00+$0.10 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XXII (4000/8000) - 2009/08/05 11:50:50 ET
Table '183605923 156' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: YuriGAR (245384 in chips)
Seat 2: bontow (161932 in chips)
Seat 4: Geldnehmer (81081 in chips)
Seat 5: GheCkoPh (49516 in chips)
Seat 6: gar1998 (152526 in chips)
Seat 7: donuer (245542 in chips)
Seat 8: secret969 (679346 in chips)
Seat 9: zebulon78 (721044 in chips)
YuriGAR: posts the ante 800
bontow: posts the ante 800
Geldnehmer: posts the ante 800
GheCkoPh: posts the ante 800
gar1998: posts the ante 800
donuer: posts the ante 800
secret969: posts the ante 800
zebulon78: posts the ante 800
Geldnehmer: posts small blind 4000
GheCkoPh: posts big blind 8000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to GheCkoPh [Qd Ah]
gar1998: folds
donuer: folds
secret969: calls 8000
zebulon78: folds
YuriGAR: folds
bontow: folds
Geldnehmer: folds
GheCkoPh: checks
*** FLOP *** [8d 7h Qh]
GheCkoPh: checks
secret969: bets 8000
GheCkoPh: raises 32716 to 40716 and is all-in
secret969: calls 32716
*** TURN *** [8d 7h Qh] [9s]
*** RIVER *** [8d 7h Qh 9s] [Ts]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
GheCkoPh: shows [Qd Ah] (a pair of Queens)
secret969: shows [Jh Kc] (a straight, Nine to King)
secret969 collected 107832 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 107832 | Rake 0
Board [8d 7h Qh 9s Ts]
Seat 1: YuriGAR folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: bontow (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Geldnehmer (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: GheCkoPh (big blind) showed [Qd Ah] and lost with a pair of Queens
Seat 6: gar1998 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: donuer folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: secret969 showed [Jh Kc] and won (107832) with a straight, Nine to King
Seat 9: zebulon78 folded before Flop (didn't bet)


tell me if i really played this hand bad.

Shove the first hand. Dont raise half your stack as your not foldibng it.

2nd hand was a bad beat, however, why are we not raising AQ preflop? Win thispot preflop or make it a big one, getting cute at this stage with a premium hand is a bit foolish

well the first one you can raise all in to make 22 fold or you could of limped and then shoved on the flop! 22 should not call after the flop!

the 2nd hand history was deff. a bad beat nothing you can really do their!