This was my first ever game on stars ( $5+0.50 SnG ), I was in the small blind, and the shortstack at the table.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (5 handed) converter

UTG (t2235)
MP (t2085)
Button (t3825)
Hero (t1050)
BB (t4305)

Preflop: Hero is SB with
UTG calls t100, 2 folds, Hero completes, BB checks.

Flop: (t300) , (3 players)
Hero checks, BB checks, UTG bets t200, Hero raises to t950, BB folds, UTG calls t750.

Turn: (t2200) (2 players)

River: (t2200) (2 players)

Final Pot: t2200


*** SHOW DOWN ***
Hero: shows [5s 5d] (three of a kind, Fives)
UTG: shows [2d Ac] (a straight, Ace to Five)
UTG collected 2200 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2200 | Rake 0
Board [As Jc 5h 3h 4h]
Seat 3: UTG [2d Ac] and won (2200) with a straight, Ace to Five
Seat 7: Hero (small blind) showed [5s 5d] and lost with three of a kind, Fives

Kinda irked.

Not much you can do postflop, he just got lucky. Pre-flop, I might just push it in with 10xbb to pick up the blinds and UTG's limp.

You didn't do anything wrong UTG probably thought he had the best of it, which he didn't.

You couldn't have done it any different.

You probably should have gone all in preflop. You might think this is small pocket pair, but you have only 5 people to your table and you are short stacked with only a little above 1,000 while others are in the 2-3 thousand range. This should have been your hand before flop to go all-in. I am pretty sure he wouldn't call all-in with A,2 seeing as this is a real money sit and go, and A,2 is not a hand to take down half your chip stack. Correct play: All-in preflop.

I disagree with saying he should have pushed.....

His M is 10...yes its getting close, but it's not desperation time yet. I would have played it the same PF.

You hit your set, check raised it...............beautiful.

When the chips went in the middle you had the ebst hand..he just outdrew ya....thats poker.

You did nothing wrong.