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once the aces flops i really want to keep it cheap but get to showdown is my line ok?

PokerStars Game #44180496665: Tournament #2010050371, $20+$2 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2010/05/16 19:08:45 WET [2010/05/16 14:08:45 ET]
Table '2010050371 1611' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: nas9car (7110 in chips)
Seat 2: TrstMEclkFLD (11655 in chips)
Seat 3: nik24k (10585 in chips)
Seat 4: Ironside (13040 in chips)
Seat 5: cafe1121 (9155 in chips)
Seat 6: Styria Man (11975 in chips)
Seat 7: groams (11115 in chips)
Seat 8: Parakaaaas (5715 in chips)
Seat 9: ADZ124 (9170 in chips)
nas9car: posts the ante 10
TrstMEclkFLD: posts the ante 10
nik24k: posts the ante 10
Ironside: posts the ante 10
cafe1121: posts the ante 10
Styria Man: posts the ante 10
groams: posts the ante 10
Parakaaaas: posts the ante 10
ADZ124: posts the ante 10
TrstMEclkFLD: posts small blind 50
nik24k: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Ironside [Qd Qh]
Ironside: raises 150 to 250
cafe1121: folds
Styria Man: folds
groams: folds
Parakaaaas: folds
ADZ124: folds
nas9car: folds
TrstMEclkFLD: folds
nik24k: calls 150
*** FLOP *** [3s As 8c]
nik24k: checks
Ironside: checks
*** TURN *** [3s As 8c] [4d]
nik24k: checks
Ironside: checks
*** RIVER *** [3s As 8c 4d] [5h]
nik24k: bets 400
Ironside: calls 400
*** SHOW DOWN ***

Its a super dry flop, so I would just c bet the flop and give up if called as he always has an ace or better.  I know that there isn't much to protect against, but I'd rather bet 2/3 pot and know where I stand than face one or two pot sized bets and be guessing.  Also you are pretty deep and utg - so I think you can bet a bit more than 2.5x.  I would assume that the majority of your utg open-raising range is value.  

Seeing as your objective was to get a cheap showdown I'd have to say that your lline was perfect.

i would bet flop or turn
would rather bet turn than call river.
and as said would also raise more pre