Fold equity postscript

A perfect example of a costly mistake.

It probably wasn't a great spot to try a steal, but once I do I need to follow through. The board is coordinated, so there were lots of drawing hands he could have folded on the river. I chickened out and he turned over a busted flush that beat me. The pot was 5BB, so it was definitely worth a bet on the river.

***** Hand History for Game 2241125227 *****
$3.00/$6.00 Limit Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, October 28, 10:14:50 ET 2008
Table Iniki (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Seat 1: Rayon ( $131.36 USD )
Seat 2: stark777 ( $87.54 USD )
Seat 3: NollOuts ( $189.45 USD )
Seat 5: blake_kr ( $148.21 USD )
Seat 6: Hero ( $77.80 USD )
Rayon posts small blind [$1.50 USD].
stark777 posts big blind [$3.00 USD].
Dealt to Hero [ Qc 3c ]
NollOuts folds
blake_kr folds
Hero raises [$6.00 USD]
Rayon folds
stark777 calls [$3.00 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 5d, 8s, 9s ]
stark777 checks
Hero bets [$3.00 USD]
stark777 calls [$3.00 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Jh ]
stark777 checks
Hero bets [$6.00 USD]
stark777 calls [$6.00 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ 9d ]
stark777 checks
Hero checks
stark777 shows [Ks, 6s ]
Hero doesn't show [Qc, 3c ]
stark777 wins $29.93 USD from main pot