Weak tourney play

[sahaguje]

Hi,

I wonder what do you think about this play. I dont know if I did the right thing, or if I was totally weak.
It is a NLHE 15+R tournament, and we are maybe 40 players left. I have a slightly below-average stack, and a relatively tight image.

Game #644481439 - Tournament Starfish R&A - 300/600 No Limit Texas Hold'em - 2004/11/19-06:41:58 (CST)
Table "Starfish R&A 6" (MTT) -- Seat 5 is the button
Seat 1: brozie (11,687 in chips)
Seat 2: podrone (3,770 in chips)
Seat 4: sahaguje (8,070 in chips)
Seat 5: thecoletrain (7,115 in chips)
Seat 6: vamp11 (15,650 in chips)
Seat 7: Palco1 (40,430 in chips)
Seat 9: blitz321 (15,345 in chips)
Seat 10: friend54 (1,925 in chips)

all : Ante (50)
vamp11 : Post Small Blind (300)
Palco1 : Post Big Blind (600)
Dealing...
Dealt to sahaguje [ 4s ]
Dealt to sahaguje [ Kc ]
blitz321: Fold
friend54: Fold
brozie : Fold
podrone : Fold
sahaguje: Raise (1,800)

With a 13xBB stack, and folded to me on CO, I thought it was a good occasion to steal.

thecoletrain: Fold
vamp11 : Call (1,500)
Palco1 : Call (1,200)

I was quite surprised by these two calls. They were pretty tight players, and I havent stolen much earlier.

*** FLOP *** : [ Ks 5d 9s ]
vamp11 : Check
Palco1 : Check
sahaguje: Check

I decided to check, because with two callers on that flop, I could easily be beaten, or check-raised by a big draw. My stack is approximately the size of the pot, so if I bet, I have to go all in. So I checked, with the intention of going all in on turn i a blank fell and it was checked to me.

*** TURN *** : [ Ks 5d 9s ] [ Ac ]
vamp11 : Check
Palco1 : Bet (2,000)
sahaguje: Fold
vamp11 : Fold
Palco1 : Winner -- doesn't show cards

With that scary turn, and considering I held a marginal hand, I folded.

So, what do you think ? My major concern is about my flop play. Do you consider you always have to follow-up a steal if you hit your flop ? What are the main factors you consider before doing so ?

See you

sahaguje