Ok so bad beats are one thing but this hand really bothered me. I'm no pro, so I probably could've played it better. But I can't think of any way this could've ended in my favor. So this has been stewing in my brain for a while.

This was maybe 10 hands into the tourney so everyone had near $3000 in chips.

I was dealt QhKd in middle position with one limper already on the table.
Raise to 60. (3xBB)
4 callers including both blinds.

Flop Qc 3s Qc
Checked to me where i bet $120. One caller.

Turn 8h
Villain checks to me. At this point I'm thinking either he's desperate chasing a flush, has the last Q, or thinks I'm bluffing and is calling me out with any PP.
I raise $200. Villain calls.

River Jd
Villain bets $860.
At this point I am not pleased. If he came this far without the the last Q, he's a damn fool that missed his flush and is clinging to his chips; or he flopped the nuts holding 33. I thought that either option was quite unlikely as 33 would've played much stronger on the turn since I'm apparently aggressive and going no where. My fear was of AQ or QJ. But this wasn't a situation I could lay down. So in 3 bet and he shoves.

Villain shows QJ and a full house to my three of a kind with KQ.


Now what bothers me most isn't that I was very much ahead until the river. Suck outs happen, big deal. What bothers me is that I couldn't have played this hand any other way. Even if I shoved on the flop or turn, there's no way he would've folded QJ with three of a kind on the flop. My best hope would've been to develop psychic powers and realize that my plan to get all his chips in the pot would've backfired and muck the hand early while I was ahead.

I don't know. Oh knowledgeable community, shed some light on this situation.