[burea1124]

Middle stage in a tournament. 8 people at my table. blinds were like 50/100 and I had about 8000. The guy to the left of me was a LAG bluffer with 9000.

I raised from early position with AQ offsuit and he called. I accidentally clicked the minimum-raise button but I would have usually raised 3x 4x BB instead of 2x. Everyone else folded.

The flop was J 7 6 rainbow. I checked and he bet about 1/3 pot. I called because he bets his 2nd,3rd pairs a lot so I put him on something like A7 or A6.

The turn was an Ace. I had Ace with great kicker but checked again. Now he bet about 1/2 pot. I thought my read was right but the price wasn't too bad so I decided to just call.

The river was a Queen. Now I had two pair. I checked again and he bet pot.

As I looked over the board, a funny thing happened to me. I said "the only hand that can beat me right here is KT but he might have this" I actually considered just calling instead of raising.

However, I thought about the likelihood of him having that hand and the fact that he bet all three rounds with that, I thought it was more likely that he had something like A7.

I decided to raise all-in, he called instantly. He had KT.

....... anger + rage

What the hell should I have done?

And what does everyone think about just calling a pot-sized bet even when you have Aces, two-pair, trips or set when there is a straight or flush draw?
(in order to secure yourself from elimination)
Is that the better way to play in a tournament?