first live tournament did i play this hand wrong?

[davesneddon]

Hi all, been playing home poker games for about 6 months now and played in my first proper live tournament a few weeks back and wondered what you thought of this hand that I busted out on.

The blinds were 100/200 and I was sitting on about 2500. I was in middle position. Everyone folds to me, I have QQ with one of them being a diamond.

I raise to 700, everyone folds but the BB calls.

The flop comes K 9 7 all diamonds. The BB goes all in. I'm pretty sure he has a king but I only had 1800 left so I called evern though I knew I was beat at that time, hoping to hit a diamond for a flush.

He did have a king, I didnt hit my flush and I was out. Also found it v hard to lay those Queens down even tho there was an overcard.

Any thoughts?

Also can you recommend a good, reasonably simple book to start learning the game properly? I hear Harrington is worth it.

Thanks in advance