yes, it IS advisable, but only when you have the correct table conditions to play them.

i like to always play them in late, even mid position, if i am not opening the pot. i will call standard raises with them sometimes (thats where they are most profitable because of the AK/KK overplaying a hand they are married to while you hit a big implied odds draw). i will open-raise them from the button and cutoff, every so often.

i only rarely play them oop, and from here i WILL open raise. but i need to be certain that the table is full of loose-passives that will call, not 3bet me. same if i open-limp in a FR game. i need to be fairly certain that i wont get raised back.

if i dont hit a flop thats very attractive, i dont bluff, and i fold to aggression and cbets. if it checks around, and i hit the draw on the turn, then i prolly semi-bluff...and when the river completes me...PAYDAY!!

the hand you played is not at all bad. and the way you played it is fine, to me, too. sometimes they run up against a better hand, or get sucked out on...oh well. you'll make up for it, if you keep playing them correctly...and in the right situations.

one other thing to remember. DONT OVER PLAY THEM. meaning, dont overbet/cbet/bluff with them. to make them profitable, you need to keep your misses CHEAP so your "hits" have a better chance of paying you off big enough to make up the losses you donk off. they just dont hit often enough to play them fast when you completely missed the flop.

btw, very few players can play them profitably long term. i dont, but they "loosen up" my image at a table full of nits to get the needed action on my premiums...where all my money comes from. dont believe someone that says they are profitable with sc's as a whole, unless they can show you the pokertracker software numbers to back it up.