Am I just having a run of bad luck or am I not skilled in recognizing slowplays? No good read on Villian, though he had stolen quite a few pots recently. Should the check/min-raise have tipped me off or is that overly optimistic?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t200 (4 handed) converter

Hero (t3485)
UTG (t2040)
Button (Villian) (t3830)
SB (t4145)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Villian calls t200, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Hero checks.

Flop: (t500) T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, Villian checks.

Turn: (t500) 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t400</font>, Villian calls t400.

River: (t1300) Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t600</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Villian raises to t1200</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t2885</font>, Villian calls t1685.

Final Pot: t7070

Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
Hero has 7d Th (two pair, tens and sevens).
Villian has 9s 8s (straight, ten high).
Outcome: Villian wins t7070. </font>