Hi there, first time poster here. Just crashed out of a $2+20 tournament on PokerStars, and am doing a post-mortem as to what went wrong. My whole tournament seemed to hinge on this hand. Before, I was steadily increasing my stack - the tight nature of the table made it very difficult to win big pots, and people tended to bet only when they had something. A bet of a third to half of the pot on the flop in late position after everyone had checked normally caused everyone to fold.

Anyway, yeah, here it is. Was I unlucky, or should I have bet harder on the flop and turn?

Snapman = ComradeTom


PokerStars Game #4433161931: Tournament #21925364, Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2006/03/27 - 16:36:26 (ET)
Table '21925364 36' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: ginggang (1095 in chips)
Seat 2: leedsglaser (1790 in chips)
Seat 3: bo-n-mo05 (2380 in chips)
Seat 4: ComradeTom (2365 in chips)
Seat 5: xLefty (355 in chips)
Seat 6: zazjohnson (1425 in chips)
Seat 7: ChrisG(FE) (4895 in chips)
Seat 8: Rza320nh2 (1210 in chips)
Seat 9: MDAceCowboy (485 in chips)
ChrisG(FE): posts small blind 25
Rza320nh2: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to ComradeTom [Kc Jh]
MDAceCowboy: folds
ginggang: folds
leedsglaser: calls 50
bo-n-mo05 has timed out
bo-n-mo05: folds
bo-n-mo05 is sitting out
ComradeTom: calls 50
xLefty: folds
zazjohnson: folds
ChrisG(FE): calls 25
Rza320nh2: checks
*** FLOP *** [Kd Qc 5h]
ChrisG(FE): checks
Rza320nh2: checks
leedsglaser: checks
bo-n-mo05 has returned
ComradeTom: bets 70
ChrisG(FE): folds
Rza320nh2: folds
leedsglaser: calls 70
*** TURN *** [Kd Qc 5h] [4d]
leedsglaser: checks
ComradeTom: bets 340
leedsglaser: calls 340
*** RIVER *** [Kd Qc 5h 4d] [9s]
leedsglaser: bets 300
ComradeTom: calls 300
*** SHOW DOWN ***
leedsglaser: shows [Js Td] (a straight, Nine to King)
ComradeTom: mucks hand
leedsglaser collected 1620 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1620 | Rake 0
Board [Kd Qc 5h 4d 9s]
Seat 1: ginggang folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: leedsglaser showed [Js Td] and won (1620) with a straight, Nine to King
Seat 3: bo-n-mo05 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: ComradeTom mucked [Kc Jh]
Seat 5: xLefty folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: zazjohnson (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: ChrisG(FE) (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 8: Rza320nh2 (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 9: MDAceCowboy folded before Flop (didn't bet)