$4/180 - Final heads up hand

[badatmath]

I totally blew this. Would have been my first tournament win. How should I have played this? Probably should have checked the river behind. I decided to bet because I thought he would have a better 6 and fold often enough. When he raised, I felt like the pot was too big to fold or call since I'd be way outchipped and not confident at all heads up. I also convinced myself he could still just have a 6 and think that I was trying to steal the pot, and I didn't think about how much of his stack was in [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t3000 (2 handed) Poker Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

Hero (t124008)
BB (t145992)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
Hero calls t1500, BB checks.

Flop: (t4800) 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">BB bets t6000</font>, Hero calls t6000.

Turn: (t16800) J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">BB bets t12000</font>, Hero calls t12000.

River: (t40800) 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
BB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t18000</font>, <font color="#CC3333">BB raises to t54000</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t102708</font>, BB calls t48708.

Final Pot: t246216