$20 NL holdem party poker. Hit Ace on rainbow flop, u have AQ. Was I too timid???

Hi chaps.

I`m gonna post a few hands from this tourny today. I went out 8 places shy of the bubble and I`m wondering if I could have got more out of the hand and the next one I post.

I`ve been reading Harrington on holdem and I`m sure he had got me playing a lot tighter than I normally do

Here we go, let me know what u think...

0/0 Tourney Texas Hold'em Game Table (NL) (Tournament 34670517) - Thu Jul 26 09:26:59 EDT 2007
Table 219567 (Real Money) -- Seat 9 is the button
Total number of players : 9
Seat 1: FCNori22 (18580)
Seat 2: sgaalo74 (5010)
Seat 3: Bennieboy333 (1360)
Seat 4: Bugalugs111 (9120)
Seat 5: Ronaldadio (6100)
Seat 7: soccerroo67 (7590)
Seat 8: zkunk222 (5380)
Seat 9: stevenlast (2740)
Seat 10: eldeal (5170)
eldeal posts small blind (100)
FCNori22 posts big blind (200)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Ronaldadio [ Qh, As ]
sgaalo74 folds.
Bennieboy333 folds.
Bugalugs111 folds.
Ronaldadio raises (800) to 800
soccerroo67 folds.
zkunk222 calls (800)
stevenlast folds.
eldeal folds.
FCNori22 folds.
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 2h, 9s, Ac ]
Ronaldadio bets (800)
zkunk222 folds.
** Summary **
Main Pot: 1900
Board: [ 2h 9s Ac ]
FCNori22 balance 18380, lost 200 (folded)
sgaalo74 balance 5010, didn't bet (folded)
Bennieboy333 balance 1360, didn't bet (folded)
Bugalugs111 balance 9120, didn't bet (folded)
Ronaldadio balance 7200, bet 1600, collected 2700, net +1100
soccerroo67 balance 7590, didn't bet (folded)
zkunk222 balance 4580, lost 800 (folded)
stevenlast balance 2740, didn't bet (folded)
eldeal balance 5070, lost 100 (folded)

Board is too soft, if opponent didn't have Ace then little chance he calls your bet since not enough was committed preflop. Both of you not big stacks there's no need for him to draw. Nothing special about his laydown, you could've slowplayed him on the flop but he'd still fold if hitting nothing on the turn. Consider raising bigger preflop, since only reraiser would be pockets to which you can tell immediately.

you bet about half the pot right? If i do my math right the pot was 1900 at that point and you bet 800 after the flop.

Since you were in bad position it would be hard to know how big to bet, since he could have an ace and called AJ/AQ(i've seen it too many times before) or AK pre-flop. Otherwise if he didn't have an ace, as shark said he wont stay with that flop because you gave him close to 2:1 pot odds (or does it go the otherway around? i always mix myself up =P). Next time give him better pot odds if you're not too worried about being outdrawn. Might have the advantage of getting more bets out of him, or if he does have AK he'll reraise you and you wont lose as much .

just a thought