Could I have played this better?

[dizzle]

OK, here is a B&M full ring hand, second last hand of the night for me, I was too distraught after this one to keep playing.

Hero is UTG,

Hero has Qh8d, I call, 5 limpers, Villan raises, I call, 7 runners

Flop is Ac 8s 6h

Hero checks, MP1 bets, 3 calls, Villan raises.

at this point I fold with middle pair no overcard, cos I put MP3 on a pair of Aces. There was 5 runners on the turn.

Turn card is Qd, River Card is 8h.

Villan wins it with a pair of Aces.

The final pot was around 25BB.

I am 90% sure that I should have folded this hand, but am I correct, is there anyway I could've stayed in this hand?

[face]

Fold this garbage preflop. Q8o is as bad as it gets. Given that you played it, fold the flop. What do you care what happened on the turn and river -- you were surely a dog after the flop? Results should be completely irrelevant to your decision to fold. So you could've sucked out with a very bad hand in a very lucky way.... Also, 72o flops the nuts sometimes. Play good cards well instead of hoping for miracles. I know it sucks to see the boat you would've had, but ignore it and keep playing correctly.

[drmcboy]

sorry but if this hand makes you distraught, you should look into doing something else in your free time. Also as said above limping Q8o here is really a chip waster. Looking for the J109 flop?