Just so I'm clear about this, this tournament was full of some of the nicest people, but worst players that I have ever seen. I was basically licking my chops every time I won even a small pot because play was SOOO bad at every table I played at. You could bet every street with top pair, get called down full pot-size bets if you wanted, and then check hand history to see that they had mucked 2nd or 3rd pair. It was truly incredible. Had I won this hand, I would have been tied for about third place in chips with 6 or 7 others. 1st and 2nd would have only been about 5k-6k ahead of me (basically a pot with all the blinds and antes at this point).

I should also probably explain that the guys at my table were folding to each other quite regularly preflop so it was almost a given that a 3-bet would win you the pot. I had only 3-bet once previously at this table (had just moved to it about 15 minutes ago) so I shouldn't have had a loose/aggressive image that just begged for a call. All I wanted to do was pick up some blinds and antes here. Anyway, please enjoy my demise:

pokerstars Game #38040075923: Tournament #262010152, $10+$1 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XV (1000/2000) - 2010/01/12 6:54:56 ET
Table '262010152 19' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: ChicaAs (54371 in chips)
Seat 2: KUMD2B (40386 in chips)
Seat 3: NETproton (38420 in chips)
Seat 4: smit-ti-boy (77309 in chips)
Seat 5: nelle72 (40333 in chips)
Seat 6: markkus45 (81536 in chips)
Seat 7: hatoref (158303 in chips)
Seat 8: bobobalde (64276 in chips)
Seat 9: Mann-allin69 (31375 in chips)
ChicaAs: posts the ante 200
KUMD2B: posts the ante 200
NETproton: posts the ante 200
smit-ti-boy: posts the ante 200
nelle72: posts the ante 200
markkus45: posts the ante 200
hatoref: posts the ante 200
bobobalde: posts the ante 200
Mann-allin69: posts the ante 200
markkus45: posts small blind 1000
hatoref: posts big blind 2000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to KUMD2B [Tc Qs]
bobobalde: folds
Mann-allin69: folds
ChicaAs: folds
KUMD2B: raises 4000 to 6000
NETproton: calls 6000
smit-ti-boy: folds
nelle72: folds
markkus45: folds
hatoref: calls 4000
*** FLOP *** [4c Ts 5c]
hatoref: checks
KUMD2B: bets 34186 and is all-in
NETproton: folds
hatoref: calls 34186
*** TURN *** [4c Ts 5c] [8c]
*** RIVER *** [4c Ts 5c 8c] [2h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
hatoref: shows [Ah 3h] (a straight, Ace to Five)
KUMD2B: shows [Tc Qs] (a pair of Tens)
KUMD2B said, "OMFG"
hatoref collected 89172 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 89172 | Rake 0
Board [4c Ts 5c 8c 2h]
Seat 1: ChicaAs folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: KUMD2B showed [Tc Qs] and lost with a pair of Tens
Seat 3: NETproton folded on the Flop
Seat 4: smit-ti-boy folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: nelle72 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: markkus45 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: hatoref (big blind) showed [Ah 3h] and won (89172) with a straight, Ace to Five
Seat 8: bobobalde folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: Mann-allin69 folded before Flop (didn't bet)