Could i have saved money here?

[midas06]

BlissY Posted Small Blind $0.10
chrisi1 Posted Big Blind $0.25
Dealing Cards
You Were Dealt (Qs, Ac)
BENNYBOY1066 Calls $0.25
John2005 Calls $0.25
manja1 Calls $0.25
hawkmoon Calls $0.25
skylin44 Calls $0.25
midas06 Calls $0.25
Marlin88 Calls $0.25
Gamegod Folded
BlissY Folded
chrisi1 Checks
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Dealing Flop (Jh,Ad,Qd)
chrisi1 Checks
BENNYBOY1066 Checks
John2005 Checks
manja1 Checks
hawkmoon Checks
skylin44 Checks
midas06 Bets $2.10
Marlin88 Folded
chrisi1 Calls $2.10
BENNYBOY1066 Folded
John2005 Folded
manja1 Folded
hawkmoon Calls $2.10
skylin44 Folded
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Dealing Turn (4c)
chrisi1 Checks
hawkmoon Checks
midas06 Bets $4.00
chrisi1 Calls $4.00
hawkmoon Calls $4.00
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Dealing River (5h)
chrisi1 Checks
hawkmoon Checks
midas06 Checks
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chrisi1 has (Qh, Qc)
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chrisi1 Wins $19.38 from pot 1 with : Three of a Kind, Queens

[edudlive]

Raise preflop, and you were probably doomed to lose your money there...I'd never put him on QQ JJ or AA

Definitely looking to raise preflop here, probably around $2 (8xBB).

Postflop I like the way you played it, good check on the river.

[dsaxton]

I don't think limping in is that bad of a play, but it's a personal preference for me. My thinking is that I usually try to avoid making very large preflop raises, because I don't like making a definitive statement about my hand before the flop unless the pot has already been raised (that is, make it so only hands which can beat K-K or A-A will give me action post-flop, since that is what I'm representing). I also prefer not to play A-Q in a multi-way raised pot which is what would likely happen if I made a normal raise after several limpers. So since I don't like to make a normal raise here, and I don't like to make larger raises, and folding is obviously wrong, I prefer to call. That's just my personal preference, though.

I wonder why that guy didn't even raise or bet with middle set. Strange.