i go along with longys view that maybe you could find out where you stand a lot earlier by re raising the flop. Obviously you cant pass to his min raise because that just stinks of AQ, KQ. Maybe when he makes it $16 you make it 35ish and obviously if he like it hes gona give you another raise. To be honest its hard for you to get away from that hand when flop comes down Q77 after the pre flop play the only realistic hand it seems you can be losing to is 77 or A7. If hes a very tight player then maybe even QQ. As he raises on the flop its impossible he has either one of these hands so it seems your AA is good.
To sum it up i think you were unlucky to run into a lucky player and most people would have difficulty laying that hand down.
Ul mate
