I'm not to quite sure on the jargon everyone uses for thier posts so here is the hand... I really wanted it to be showdown but o well got the side pot lol and there was nothing I could do to the guy who was all in cuz he acted before me....

So my question is would you have done anything different??
PokerStars Game #2129093638: Tournament #10198552, Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2005/07/18 - 01:44:48 (ET)
Table '10198552 3' Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: ntbrnr23 (1385 in chips)
Seat 2: PAW270 (1350 in chips)
Seat 3: bennybolt (3810 in chips)
Seat 4: mez81 (675 in chips)
Seat 5: lucky143 (3165 in chips)
Seat 6: crumudgin (1550 in chips)
Seat 7: stephkg84 (3225 in chips)
Seat 8: whalehart (1790 in chips)
Seat 9: horsebet2002 (80 in chips)
crumudgin: posts small blind 15
stephkg84: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to stephkg84 [Qc Qs]
whalehart: raises 90 to 120
horsebet2002: calls 80 and is all-in
ntbrnr23: folds
PAW270: folds
bennybolt: calls 120
mez81: folds
lucky143: calls 120
crumudgin: folds
stephkg84: raises 420 to 540
whalehart: folds
bennybolt is disconnected
bennybolt is connected
bennybolt: folds
lucky143: calls 420
*** FLOP *** [4s 7c 8s]
stephkg84: checks
lucky143: checks
*** TURN *** [4s 7c 8s] [4c]
stephkg84: checks
lucky143: checks
*** RIVER *** [4s 7c 8s 4c] [6s]
stephkg84: bets 240
lucky143: folds
*** SHOW DOWN ***
stephkg84: shows [Qc Qs] (two pair, Queens and Fours)
stephkg84 collected 1000 from side pot
horsebet2002: shows [7d 7h] (a full house, Sevens full of Fours)
horsebet2002 collected 415 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1415 Main pot 415. Side pot 1000. | Rake 0
Board [4s 7c 8s 4c 6s]
Seat 1: ntbrnr23 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: PAW270 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: bennybolt folded before Flop
Seat 4: mez81 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: lucky143 (button) folded on the River
Seat 6: crumudgin (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: stephkg84 (big blind) showed [Qc Qs] and won (1000) with two pair, Queens and Fours
Seat 8: whalehart folded before Flop
Seat 9: horsebet2002 showed [7d 7h] and won (415) with a full house, Sevens full of Fours

I wouldn't have checked that flop.

Your focus should be on the side pot. I don't like how you waited for a card that would have filled any possible draw to bet. Bet out before they can suck out on you for the side pot too.

I wasn't worried about the main pot really as there was only 80 bux in there of mine... a lot of my my money was on the side pot.... I thought I should of bet the flop or the turn not when it came time at the river.