help for a newbie

I've only been playing No Limit Hold 'em for maybe 3 months. I've fixed ALOT of holes I had in my game. I finally got the concept of letting go of pretty hands when you know you're beat.
I'm wondering If I played the following hands wrong. The second hand was me making a stand with only 430 chips left and me on the BB @ 300. Never recovered from haveing my pocket A's cracked. Should I have waited for my last hand on the Small Blind?
Can someone help.....?

***** Hand History for Game 1416679117 *****
100/200 TourneyTexasHTGameTable (NL) (Tournament 8560644) - Mon Jan 10 11:03:01 EST 2005
Table Table 11099 (Real Money) -- Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: sja9696 (1005)
Seat 3: rancherdude (735)
Seat 4: slapsehaand (880)
Seat 5: Coldmultra (1570)
Seat 7: Gerdahitman (1920)
Seat 10: TheDonCalo (1890)
slapsehaand posts small blind (50)
Coldmultra posts big blind (100)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Coldmultra [ Ad, Ac ]
Gerdahitman folds.
TheDonCalo folds.
sja9696 raises (1005) to 1005
sja9696 is all-In.
rancherdude folds.
slapsehaand folds.
Coldmultra calls (905)
Creating Main Pot with $2060 with sja9696
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 4h, Ts, 7h ]
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 2h ]
** Dealing River ** : [ 7d ]
** Summary **
Main Pot: 2060 |
Board: [ 4h Ts 7h 2h 7d ]
sja9696 balance 2060, bet 1005, collected 2060, net +1055 [ Th Td ] [ a full house, Tens full of sevens -- Th,Td,Ts,7h,7d ]
rancherdude balance 735, didn't bet (folded)
slapsehaand balance 830, lost 50 (folded)
Coldmultra balance 565, lost 1005 [ Ad Ac ] [ two pairs, aces and sevens -- Ad,Ac,Ts,7h,7d ]
Gerdahitman balance 1920, didn't bet (folded)
TheDonCalo balance 1890, didn't bet (folded)

Same guy....little later.

***** Hand History for Game 1416692770 *****
300/600 TourneyTexasHTGameTable (NL) (Tournament 8560644) - Mon Jan 10 11:10:33 EST 2005
Table Table 11099 (Real Money) -- Seat 10 is the button
Total number of players : 4
Seat 1: sja9696 (3875)
Seat 5: Coldmultra (430)
Seat 7: Gerdahitman (2155)
Seat 10: TheDonCalo (1540)
sja9696 posts small blind (150)
Coldmultra posts big blind (300)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Coldmultra [ Tc, Qd ]
Gerdahitman folds.
TheDonCalo folds.
sja9696 calls (150)
Coldmultra raises (130) to 430
Coldmultra is all-In.
sja9696 calls (130)
Creating Main Pot with $860 with Coldmultra
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 2s, 4h, 8h ]
** Dealing Turn ** : [ Ks ]
** Dealing River ** : [ 5h ]
** Summary **
Main Pot: 860 |
Board: [ 2s 4h 8h Ks 5h ]
sja9696 balance 4305, bet 430, collected 860, net +430 [ 6c 3c ] [ a straight, two to six -- 6c,5h,4h,3c,2s ]
Coldmultra balance 0, lost 430 [ Tc Qd ] [ high card king -- Ks,Qd,Tc,8h,5h ]
Gerdahitman balance 2155, didn't bet (folded)
TheDonCalo balance 1540, didn't bet (folded)

Both were played fine.

The first you got all your money in as a favorite. Let the cards fall how they may.

The second, you had but a chip and a chair left. You needed to make a move.

-'rilla

UL

Well played.

On the second hand way to put pressure on Mr. SJA by going all in, nothing i hate more than a short stack who refuses to go all in and gets blinded to death...

You put ur chips in with superior hands b4 the cards were turned over, and thatz all u can do.

Yup agree fully. Sometimes you just can't recover after a big hand or two in tourney's, just how it goes.

Both times your chips went in with the best hand, so both played fine.

Baaaad beats....STBY