AA late in tourney

[Akverno]

Sorry, don't have the hand histories to post. I've now lost (or been crippled) in three seperate tournaments by pocket aces. Normally I really wouldn't care, but, the times I'm talking about are during either the final 18 or 27. I'll pull up the hand history for the aces tomorrow when I wake up. Got 15/1500 though. Six more and the money would have been so much better, but then again if I didn't want to gamble w/ aces I shouldn't be playing. I guess my question is, should I have pushed pre flop or was a 4xbb sufficient?

[Akverno]

Decided to post it tonight. I also forgot to mention to look at the stack from the guy who did crack them.

PokerStars Game #3488500577: Tournament #16922091, Hold'em No Limit - Level XVII (4000/8000) - 2005/12/31 - 06:46:59 (ET)
Table '16922091 96' Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: LimeJello (59871 in chips)
Seat 2: Boriqua1 (76807 in chips)
Seat 3: mmiller300 (329374 in chips)
Seat 4: ZealeO (213464 in chips)
Seat 5: akverno2 (93892 in chips)
Seat 6: Warm Jello (275392 in chips)
Seat 7: aguahombre2 (6480 in chips)
Seat 8: JJ_10_06 (58690 in chips)
Seat 9: Teezr (302666 in chips)
LimeJello: posts the ante 400
Boriqua1: posts the ante 400
mmiller300: posts the ante 400
ZealeO: posts the ante 400
akverno2: posts the ante 400
Warm Jello: posts the ante 400
aguahombre2: posts the ante 400
JJ_10_06: posts the ante 400
Teezr: posts the ante 400
aguahombre2: posts small blind 4000
JJ_10_06: posts big blind 8000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to akverno2 [Ad As]
Teezr: folds
LimeJello: folds
Boriqua1: calls 8000
mmiller300: calls 8000
ZealeO: folds
akverno2: raises 24000 to 32000
Warm Jello: folds
aguahombre2: folds
JJ_10_06: folds
Boriqua1: calls 24000
mmiller300: calls 24000
*** FLOP *** [7c Td Qs]
Boriqua1: checks
mmiller300: bets 32000
akverno2: raises 29492 to 61492 and is all-in
Boriqua1: calls 44407 and is all-in
mmiller300: calls 29492
*** TURN *** [7c Td Qs] [6h]
*** RIVER *** [7c Td Qs 6h] [2d]
mmiller300 said, "nh"
*** SHOW DOWN ***
mmiller300: shows [Th 9h] (a pair of Tens)
akverno2: shows [Ad As] (a pair of Aces)
akverno2 collected 34170 from side pot
Boriqua1: shows [7d 7h] (three of a kind, Sevens)
Boriqua1 collected 244821 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 278991 Main pot 244821. Side pot 34170. | Rake 0
Board [7c Td Qs 6h 2d]
Seat 1: LimeJello folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Boriqua1 showed [7d 7h] and won (244821) with three of a kind, Sevens
Seat 3: mmiller300 showed [Th 9h] and lost with a pair of Tens
Seat 4: ZealeO folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: akverno2 showed [Ad As] and won (34170) with a pair of Aces
Seat 6: Warm Jello (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: aguahombre2 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: JJ_10_06 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: Teezr folded before Flop (didn't bet)