Whats the logical way to answer to this all in preflop?

This is how I got knocked out of the $2 tournament earlier today. Blinds were 75/150 and i have 1,000 more than the average. I got QQ and its funny because I got QQ 5 other times in that tournament. The guy in seat 8 goes all in. AK KK AA are scare cards for me. Any A or K could beat me. But I know they are most likely drawing or have a smaller pocket pair. If I lose I'm out but if I win, I'm set. So I call.

PokerStars Game #1726972610: Tournament #7944062, Hold'em No Limit - Level V (75/150) - 2005/05/19 - 12:19:12 (ET)
Table '7944062 74' Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: francepoker (1180 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 2: Unisin (4136 in chips)
Seat 3: jonah514 (6835 in chips)
Seat 4: Tee Du Temps (1655 in chips)
Seat 5: desand (6049 in chips)
Seat 6: dp007 (3617 in chips)
Seat 7: ornerybastrd (8549 in chips)
Seat 8: Larry_Luck (4243 in chips)
Seat 9: muowdeeb (10312 in chips)
desand: posts small blind 75
dp007: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Unisin [Qh Qc]
ornerybastrd: folds
Larry_Luck: raises 4093 to 4243 and is all-in
muowdeeb: folds
francepoker: folds
Unisin has requested TIME
Unisin: calls 4136 and is all-in
jonah514: folds
Tee Du Temps: folds
desand: folds
dp007: folds
*** FLOP *** [3s Td 9s]
*** TURN *** [3s Td 9s] [Jd]
*** RIVER *** [3s Td 9s Jd] [As]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Larry_Luck: shows [Jh As] (two pair, Aces and Jacks)
Unisin: shows [Qh Qc] (a pair of Queens)
Unisin said, "come on"
Larry_Luck collected 8497 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 8497 | Rake 0
Board [3s Td 9s Jd As]
Seat 1: francepoker folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Unisin showed [Qh Qc] and lost with a pair of Queens
Seat 3: jonah514 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Tee Du Temps (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: desand (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: dp007 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: ornerybastrd folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Larry_Luck showed [Jh As] and won (8497) with two pair, Aces and Jacks
Seat 9: muowdeeb folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Looking back on this, I think this hand should've been folded. QQ looks like a great hand at first, but it only takes a K or A to beat you. I also had above the average so I don't think it was necesarry to risk my tournament life. If i had less, sure I'd call. But above the average, I don't think it was a smart play.

What would you have done about this? Trust me, it was really hard to call, and really hard to fold.

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I was put in this position about 3-4 days ago in a tournament...I had QQ and someone before me went all-in. I folded that hand. Anyone with that chip count would probably not want to initiate an all-in with anything less than pocket K's or pocket rockets. Him going all in with AJ was a strange occurence and usually wouldn't be the case. Tourny play....I don't play unless I am pretty damn sure that I have the best hand, no need to cut out the skill and call a pre-flop all-in with the 3'rd best hand in the game. Calling an all-in with pocket K's for you would PROBABLY be the right pre-flop call, but not QQ or anything less. This is just my logic. Hope this helped some.

Im staying in with Qs myself.Win or lose I wont feel bad about it.But if he the board comes up small and I folded Im gonna be a little upset.Thats just my preference.You got rivered but I think you made the right call.

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Like xtra said, I stay with queens in situations like that. If I lose, tough luck. Stuff like that happens but I know I was beat by a good hand when I also had a good hand. QQ is a premium hand. It really is a great hand. If someone has AK, then they only have 6 outs (not counting any flush or straight possibilities). If they have either an ace or king, then there are only 3 outs. In these situations, QQ is an overwhelming favorite. The only time it should be close is against AK, because that is just like any low pocket pair against overs. Your opponent made a very stupid play in going all-in. There is no value to that. All-ins like that are just not good moves. You made a good call, and he got lucky. It happens and it really sucks, but you played it right, and at least you can leave the tourney knowing that you played the hand correctly.

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