Okay - so down to about 100 in a 3800-person $0.25 tournament ($100 added). I've got 50k which is about the average stack and the blinds are 1500/3000 with a 300 ante.

I am the cutoff with [Jh] and there are 2 limpers to me (the first with 90k, the other with 53k). I limp as well and it folds to the BB (65k) who checks his option.

The flop is and the BB leads out with a minimum bet which is called by the big stack and the action is to me. What to do?

I'm in a tough spot with top pair, medium kicker here and would feel a lot better if the flop had cooperated with a 2nd heart or a 2nd pair to work with. Since I don't have that though, I'm on a questionable ground here.

In general, the table has been playing pretty soft and folding when played back at - but if I raise here (and to how much), I'm not real sure I want to play for my stack with this hand.

So... fold? flat call? or raise? If the last - to how much?

I ended up just flat calling. The turn was an and again the BB leads out with a minimum bet. Again the other player just limps along. Now I feel like I should raise, but I still chicken out and still flat call.

The river is the and I flat call the third minimum bet along with the other player.

The full hand is below. I feel like I completely threw any semblance of good play away here... but I'm just lost I guess. Insight please.

PokerStars Game #13639280941: Tournament #68767876, $0.25+$0.00 Hold'em No Limit - Level XV (1500/3000) - 2007/12/04 - 01:03:58 (ET)
Table '68767876 295' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: SHOmeyoursII (71513 in chips)
Seat 2: hardlyatwork (91948 in chips)
Seat 3: nathancalls (31612 in chips)
Seat 4: Always Stiff (53589 in chips)
Seat 5: Starstealer (51622 in chips)
Seat 6: andysts (34768 in chips)
Seat 7: jzm341 (39026 in chips)
Seat 8: lovethatbob (68595 in chips)
Seat 9: pinksky29 (78833 in chips)
SHOmeyoursII: posts the ante 300
hardlyatwork: posts the ante 300
nathancalls: posts the ante 300
Always Stiff: posts the ante 300
Starstealer: posts the ante 300
andysts: posts the ante 300
jzm341: posts the ante 300
lovethatbob: posts the ante 300
pinksky29: posts the ante 300
jzm341: posts small blind 1500
lovethatbob: posts big blind 3000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Starstealer [Jh Qh]
pinksky29: folds
SHOmeyoursII: folds
hardlyatwork: calls 3000
nathancalls has timed out while being disconnected
nathancalls: folds
nathancalls is sitting out
Always Stiff: calls 3000
Starstealer: calls 3000
andysts: folds
jzm341: calls 1500
lovethatbob: checks
*** FLOP *** [Qd 4s 2h]
nathancalls has returned
nathancalls is disconnected
jzm341: checks
lovethatbob: bets 3000
hardlyatwork: calls 3000
Always Stiff: folds
Starstealer: calls 3000
nathancalls is connected
jzm341: folds
*** TURN *** [Qd 4s 2h]
lovethatbob: bets 3000
hardlyatwork: calls 3000
Starstealer: calls 3000
*** RIVER *** [Qd 4s 2h 8s]
lovethatbob: bets 3000
hardlyatwork: calls 3000
Starstealer: calls 3000
*** SHOW DOWN ***
lovethatbob: shows [Kc 2d] (two pair, Eights and Deuces)
hardlyatwork: shows [6s 6d] (two pair, Eights and Sixes)
Starstealer: shows [Jh Qh] (two pair, Queens and Eights)
Starstealer collected 44700 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 44700 | Rake 0
Board [Qd 4s 2h 8s 8h]
Seat 1: SHOmeyoursII folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: hardlyatwork showed [6s 6d] and lost with two pair, Eights and Sixes
Seat 3: nathancalls folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Always Stiff folded on the Flop
Seat 5: Starstealer showed [Jh Qh] and won (44700) with two pair, Queens and Eights
Seat 6: andysts (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: jzm341 (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 8: lovethatbob (big blind) showed [Kc 2d] and lost with two pair, Eights and Deuces
Seat 9: pinksky29 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

raise, somewhere, anywhere.