Final hand (for me at least) of a STT -- Where did I go wrong? Or was it just bad luck?

FYI -- At this stage of the tourney, all 3 players had been playing relatively cautiously. We had been down to 3 players for approximately 20 hands with NO big moves by anyone. HOMERJFAGAN was the most aggressive player, but was not doing anything crazy at all.

PokerStars Game #5178668451: Tournament #26049915, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level V (75/150) Seat #3 is the button
Seat 2: HOMERJFAGAN (4937 in chips)
Seat 3: Tressemy (4056 in chips)
Seat 9: CaptEO69 (4507 in chips)
CaptEO69: posts small blind 75
HOMERJFAGAN: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Tressemy
Tressemy: calls 150
CaptEO69: folds
HOMERJFAGAN: checks
*** FLOP ***
HOMERJFAGAN: checks
Tressemy: bets 300
HOMERJFAGAN: raises 900 to 1200
Tressemy: calls 900
*** TURN ***
HOMERJFAGAN: checks
Tressemy: checks
*** RIVER ***
HOMERJFAGAN: bets 1500
Tressemy: raises 1206 to 2706 and is all-in
HOMERJFAGAN: calls 1206
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Tressemy: shows (a flush, King high)
HOMERJFAGAN: shows (a full house, Sevens full of Queens)
HOMERJFAGAN collected 8187 from pot

Raise PF or fold. Don't open-limp on the BTN ever.

I would have re-raised all-in on the flop.

ditto

fourthed

As played:
On the river you have a chance to show down and be left with an M of ~4 if he is boated by just calling. Your re-raise is not an amount that would make anyone fold.

Thanks for the replies everyone.

It seems that the play was bad on my part. I am curious about Escape Plan's suggested re-raise on the flop. I understand that the re-raise gives me some fold equity, but my hand at that point consisted of K high with a flush draw. Had I re-raised, I would have faced an instant push by the villain who was sitting on top 2 pair at that point.

My question is whether the possible fold equity inherent to a re-raise is that much better (more valuable) than a call and the hope that I might see a heart on the next card? If the turn doesn't show a heart, I can get out of the hand if I face a substantial bet. If there is no bet on the turn, then I can see the river free. Why isn't this the preferred play here?

Low Dough - you make a great point. In retrospect, I should have called on the river to leave myself an escape route. Not only did the full house beat me, I was vulnerable to an Ace high flush as well. But honestly, at that point, I thought I had the best hand by a mile. I figured the guy for a pair of Queens and some kicker. My raise wasn't meant to force him out of the hand; rather, I was just trying to get all of my money in the middle with what I (mistakenly) believed was the best hand.

Again, thanks for the feedback everyone.

When I say re-raise on the flop, I mean all-in. He could be raising here with a lot more hands than 2-pr, especially since you said he was aggressive. You're right, he won't fold 2-pr there, but he likely will fold single-pr. Because of the pot size on the flop, any raise you make commits you. You have an overcard and flush draw. When you're battling 3-way you are going to be involved in many more marginal situations than usual. Push it when you have good hands and draws.

Also I can see warning signs here...

The reraise on the flop and then check on a paired turn absolutely screams monster at the lower level SnGs...The just to add to the warnings he bets into a flush board on the river...I think I would have just called the river bet...that said it would have left you crippled so you would have to decide if you dont re-raise and lose if you can battle back from short stack.

Not sure I would reraise all in on the flop here either (again at these lower levels, higher levels against people who fold this is a viable play although I would prefer to do it with the Nut flush draw and 2 overs), In my experience anyone who has reraised is NEVER laying down his hand in a $5 SnG. And it is very unlikely you are favorite when he calls.

Oh and I agree pre flop this is a raise or fold situation.