MTT Bubble 11/6/2005

I was doing okay, hanging out near the bubble, but on the right side of it. Until this hand. Talk about a passive play. How can I put him on this? It doesn't seem like a trap, but it sure took me down pretty far. I ended up out of the money, 44th out of 339 when my 88 ran into QQ. Thoughts?

FullTiltPoker Game #280527719: $5 + $0.50 Tournament (1749495), Table 4 - 250/500 Ante 50 - No Limit Hold'em - 17:17:51 ET - 2005/11/06
Seat 1: sonnyray (3,270)
Seat 2: PaulKazanchian (22,259)
Seat 3: hvaniii (31,583)
Seat 4: IlliniFan (3,435)
Seat 5: hydrodev (10,870)
Seat 6: Xaximus (16,681)
Seat 7: themerk (11,817)
Seat 8: BubbaZar (3,570)
Seat 9: fins2theleft (11,946)
sonnyray antes 50
PaulKazanchian antes 50
hvaniii antes 50
IlliniFan antes 50
hydrodev antes 50
Xaximus antes 50
themerk antes 50
BubbaZar antes 50
fins2theleft antes 50
IlliniFan posts the small blind of 250
hydrodev posts the big blind of 500
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to IlliniFan [5d Ah]
Xaximus folds
themerk folds
BubbaZar folds
fins2theleft folds
sonnyray folds
PaulKazanchian folds
hvaniii folds
IlliniFan calls 250
themerk: had top pair
hydrodev checks
*** FLOP *** [Qh 8d Jh]
themerk: good reraise
IlliniFan checks
hydrodev checks
*** TURN *** [Qh 8d Jh] [8s]
IlliniFan bets 500 Okay, I think my A must be good as he checked the flop.
hydrodev calls 500 He may just be trying to outdraw me here.
*** RIVER *** [Qh 8d Jh 8s] [8h]
IlliniFan bets 500 Okay, so he missed, right?
hydrodev calls 500 Huh? maybe he's on an A?
*** SHOW DOWN ***
IlliniFan shows [5d Ah] (three of a kind, Eights)
hydrodev shows [4s Jd] (a full house, Eights full of Jacks)
hydrodev wins the pot (3,450) with a full house, Eights full of Jacks
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3,450 | Rake 0
Board: [Qh 8d Jh 8s 8h]
Seat 1: sonnyray folded before the Flop
Seat 2: PaulKazanchian folded before the Flop
Seat 3: hvaniii (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: IlliniFan (small blind) showed [5d Ah] and lost with three of a kind, Eights
Seat 5: hydrodev (big blind) showed [4s Jd] and won (3,450) with a full house, Eights full of Jacks
Seat 6: Xaximus folded before the Flop
Seat 7: themerk folded before the Flop
Seat 8: BubbaZar folded before the Flop
Seat 9: fins2theleft folded before the Flop

I just have a problem with him limping along. I HATE passive plays like this. Granted, it worked, but I think it is pretty bad form, late in a tourney. Thoughts?

Complete Hand History: HERE.