My Aces cracked by Runner-Runner Queens

Played the "$20,000 Guaranteed!" tournament today at pokerroom.com. I was in about 2oth place with about $45,000 in chips,when I got pocket aces in early position. I had won the last two pots, the first with a pre-flop raise which went uncalled, the second with pocket tens, which I moved all-in with preflop. Due to my previous aggression I probably could have gotten called with a normal sized pre-flop raise, but I went ahead and limped anyway.

C-Donkey was on the button and moved all-in, and one of the blinds moved all-in behind him. The blind had me outchipped slightly, and C-Donkey had about twice as many chips as either one of us, so he would be in decent shape even if he lost.

C-Donkey showed ace-queen, and the blind showed ace-king, and my aces were an 86% favorite preflop. The flop came all blanks, and I was a 98% favorite. A queen on the turn made me a 95% favorite over C-Donkey, but one of the two remaing queens came on the river, and C-Donkey basically doubled up by eliminating both of us. I won $118 for 34th place, otu of a field of 760. Currently C-Donkey is the short stack at the final table:

1. whahooking $888,487
2. JadeofDi $600,891
3.YECoyote $233,302
4.C-Donkey $168,820

4th place will receive $1240, 1st place will win $4800. Just checked back, C-Donkey finished 4th. If you listen to his chat he likes to talk about his lucky hands, but from what I can tell he regularly goes deep into these tournaments, so don't let him fool you. He got lucky on this hand, of course, but he also had a big stack and could afford to lose it. Be careful if you find yourself at a table with C-Donkey.

As for myself, I made final tables at tournaments during six consecutive playing sessions last week, so I expect to be pulling down one of these big prizes sooner, rather than later. Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus, but dont cry for me Argentina--LATER