Stars $200 buy-in tonight

[DirtDog]

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well, there's no official thread yet, so I guess I'll post this here. First hand of the tourney:

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t20 (8 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

Button (t2500)
SB (t2500)
Hero (t2500)
UTG (t2500)
UTG+1 (t2500)
MP1 (t2500)
MP2 (t2500)
CO (t2500)

Preflop: Hero is BB with K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, MP2 calls t20, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Button calls t20, SB completes, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t80</font>, MP2 folds, Button calls t60, SB calls t60.

Flop: (t260) 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t180</font>, Button calls t180, SB folds.

Turn: (t620) 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t500</font>, Button calls t500.

River: (t1620) 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero?

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I think your bets preflop and on the flop are too small, as played i bet 1000 on the river and probably be forced to call a push even though that would suck.