Here's an interesting hand from a private tournament

Interesting hand from Tuesday night's private tournament over at http://nikspokerpalace.blogspot.com/ This hand was one I kind of beat myself up afterwards about, because I'm not quite sure if it was played badly, even for a "small-ball" type player as myself. That being said, I know that there were a couple of different ways I could have played it.

Set it up, down to 7, pay 3 - first time playing in this league, but the "Villain" (since my opponent always has to be the evil one, right?) in this hand has been playing pretty aggressively.

PokerStars Game #52816861797: Tournament #330835685, $5.00+$0.50 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level V (75/150) - 2010/11/16 21:18:53 ET
Table '330835685 2' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: Eyekall (1500 in chips)
Seat 3: meatsword (7485 in chips)
Seat 4: BKrywko1 (5260 in chips)
Seat 6: Derf-63 (7095 in chips)
Seat 7: theedouble*d (365 in chips)
Seat 8: The Punk75 (3175 in chips)
Seat 9: absea98 (2120 in chips)
Eyekall: posts small blind 75
meatsword: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BKrywko1 [Jh Jd]
BKrywko1: raises 300 to 450 - pretty standard raise.
Derf-63: folds
theedouble*d: folds
The Punk75: folds
absea98: folds
Eyekall: folds
meatsword: calls 300
*** FLOP *** [4h 8s Qc]
theedouble*d said, "the sharks are circling"
meatsword: bets 600 -
BKrywko1: calls 600 - I took quite a bit time, almost to the point of using the time bank, on this one. I just didn't believe meat had a queen here, and I'm certain my jacks are good. A raise here might have been the better play - but having JJ requires playing with a bit of caution

*** TURN *** [4h 8s Qc] [8d]
meatsword: checks Took a while before he made this check, which gave me a line that he thought he was beat. I put him on a big ace, maybe even Ace-King. I ruled 8s out here pretty quickly, fwiw

BKrywko1: bets 1200 So because of that read, I bet it out about 2/3 the pot to see where I stand. Again, meat took a while to call - not sure if I just jammed here if he calls or not, but it would be interesting to see what he would say about it, if he remembers the hand

meatsword: calls 1200

*** RIVER *** [4h 8s Qc 8d] [Kd] - FUKK!!!! Didn't want to see an ace or a king

meatsword: checks
BKrywko1: checks - Do I jam it on the river, or trust my read and go with the "least worst move" here? I opted to check and save myself in case my read is right

*** SHOW DOWN ***
meatsword: shows [Kh As] (two pair, Kings and Eights) - BAM, just as expected - big pot to lose, but I'm still alive in the tourney, so I guess there's a small silver lining there
BKrywko1: mucks hand
Eyekall is disconnected
meatsword collected 4575 from pot

*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 4575 | Rake 0
Board [4h 8s Qc 8d Kd]
Seat 1: Eyekall (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: meatsword (big blind) showed [Kh As] and won (4575) with two pair, Kings and Eights
Seat 4: BKrywko1 mucked [Jh Jd]
Seat 6: Derf-63 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: theedouble*d folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: The Punk75 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: absea98 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Sometimes losing less chips feels like a win...or makes you feel like a puss-suit wearing Nancy (PSWN). Either one probably works here.

Thoughts?