In the same vein as this thread, was this a pointless play then? Should I be waiting longer to steal? I lost a huge amount of future equity in this hand.

Some background, I had been moved to this table recently, maybe 12-15 hands ago. Had only voluntarily played two hands at this table thus far, raising both times; and had folded my button previously to an earlier raise.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t400 (9 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

saw flop|saw showdown

BB (t18448)
UTG (t4225)
UTG+1 (t11432)
MP1 (t4540)
MP2 (t17260)
MP3 (t2260)
CO (t6109)
wastrel (t6000)
SB (t3230)

Preflop: wastrel is Button with Q, 3.
6 folds, wastrel raises to t1000, 1 fold, BB calls t600.

Flop: (t1800) J, 8, A (2 players)
BB checks, wastrel bets t1350, BB calls t1350.

Turn: (t4500) K (2 players)
BB bets t1600, wastrel folds.

Final Pot: t6100

Results in white below:
No showdown. BB wins t6100.

Later in same tourney, level 12.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t1600 (8 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

saw flop|saw showdown

CO (t15075)
Button (t25282)
SB (t21695)
BB (t38522)
UTG (t49115)
wastrel (t26960)
MP1 (t83071)
MP2 (t20939)

Preflop: wastrel is UTG+1 with 4, A.
1 fold, wastrel raises to t4000, 5 folds, BB calls t2400.

Flop: (t6925) 3, A, 6 (2 players)
BB checks, wastrel bets t6000, BB raises to t30400, wastrel folds.

Final Pot: t43325

Results in white below:
No showdown. BB wins t43325.

Honestly, you have NO image with these donks. How tight you've played means nothing. If it's people in the blinds you can steal from, you played the first hand fine on the flop.

The second hand's a muck preflop with that stack easily. You got 10/20 kickin' in and every chip have over 20k is very valuable at 8/16. I like stealing UTG and UTG+1 a lot, but not with A-rag and not at 6/12 or 8/16.