Should I have bet this more strongly?

[AvatarKava]

***** Hand History for Game 720320967 *****
50/100 TourneyTexasHTGameTable (NL) (Tournament 4478927) - Fri Jul 02 20:13:40 EDT 2004
Table Table 11123 (Real Money) -- Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 9
Seat 1: patpoker76 (725)
Seat 2: badaking (530)
Seat 3: frdagr8 (1395)
Seat 4: deviant69 (888)
Seat 5: Akacoach (397)
Seat 6: AvatarKava (775)
Seat 7: Sweathogs (1290)
Seat 9: Call1234 (1305)
Seat 10: travplayer (695)
Sweathogs posts small blind (25)
Call1234 posts big blind (50)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to AvatarKava [ As, Ah ]
travplayer folds.
patpoker76 folds.
badaking folds.
frdagr8 folds.
deviant69 folds.
Akacoach raises (100) to 100
AvatarKava raises (250) to 250
Sweathogs folds.
Call1234 folds.
Akacoach raises (297) to 397
Akacoach is all-In.
AvatarKava calls (147)
** Dealing Flop ** : [ Ts, Ks, 9c ]
** Dealing Turn ** : [ Qd ]
** Dealing River ** : [ 3d ]
Creating Main Pot with $869 with Akacoach
** Summary **
Main Pot: 869 |
Board: [ Ts Ks 9c Qd 3d ]
patpoker76 balance 725, didn't bet (folded)
badaking balance 530, didn't bet (folded)
frdagr8 balance 1395, didn't bet (folded)
deviant69 balance 888, didn't bet (folded)
Akacoach balance 869, bet 397, collected 869, net +472 [ Jh Kd ] [ a straight, nine to king -- Kd,Qd,Jh,Ts,9c ]
AvatarKava balance 378, lost 397 [ As Ah ] [ a pair of aces -- As,Ah,Ks,Qd,Ts ]
Sweathogs balance 1265, lost 25 (folded)
Call1234 balance 1255, lost 50 (folded)
travplayer balance 695, didn't bet (folded)

[scgolfer]

No youplayed it perfect and just lost. 5x bb is a fine raise. he was short stack and may have called anything. Bad Beat!

[AceKing]

No youplayed it perfect and just lost. 5x bb is a fine raise. he was short stack and may have called anything. Bad Beat!

Agreed. Just a bad beat. The guy probably was going to call regardless, hoping for a quick double up since he was short on chips.