NL50, QQ Pre-flop and flop

[Brooklyn]

(Pardon my noobishness, my friends play high stakes and I normally come here for the fun, non technical forums.)

In this situation (.25-.50 blinds), I'm playing extremely tight because of the mere crap that I've been dealt over the past hour, and I wake up with Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] on the BB. My Opponent raises $1.75, and folds around to me. I know I need to raise in this spot, but to how much? My opponent has $25.30.

A pot sized bet in this situation is $5.50, but I chose against this size because if he calls there's $11 in the pot and he's got $20 behind him. I made is $7, which puts $14 in the pot and leaves him with $18 behind, making it easier to put him all in on the flop. Is this sort of thinking correct?







Opponent instacalls my $7 bet, and the flop comes A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]. My play here?

Thanks in advance.