Hi, welcome to FTR!

Please, for your own good, start here...

bankroll management -
http://www.flopturnriver.com/poker-s...ment-101-19038
http://www.flopturnriver.com/pokerfo...ou-167253.html



After you've read through those two very important articles, get reading the rest of this list as and when you find time...

BC digest -
http://www.flopturnriver.com/pokerfo...re-196912.html

I hope I'm wrong, but I'm guessing you stepped up to 5nl too soon. Play 2nl until you are sufficiently rolled to play 5nl, the reason for this is so you don't go broke when variance bites you in the ass. It's got very little to do with skill level, even the best players go through shitty periods where it all seems to go wrong. That's the nature of card games.

As for the hand you post...

First of all, do you have any reads, notes or stats on villain? Knwoing how he plays in certain spots can help you better understand how he might approach this spot.

Assuming he's totally unknown, you played the hand ok imo. I mean it's a bit weak, but folding is not awful because he can have lots of pocket pairs and stuff like that. Pre flop is obviously fine. Flop is awkward simply because we're out of position. If you bet, you're as good as telling him you haven't got a queen, because why would you bet a queen here knowing he probably hasn't hit the flop? So checking looks fine. When he bets less than half pot, I think we should call, he's betting a lot of hands here, many of which we're beating. 3betting is risky because you don't know if this guy is gonna fold stuff like 88 or whatever. This is where you want reads. It helps a great deal if you know if this guy is gonna b/f his low pockets.

I would call the flop, but I wouldn't lose any sleep about folding. At higher stakes this would be a very exploitable fold, and something to be concerned about. But not at 5nl because very few people are paying attention to how often you raise in early position and then c/f paired flops.

I strongly recommend you take a lok at the bankroll management articles though to ensure you're not taking needless risks. Just focus on getting better, don't worry about trying to work your way up through the stakes just yet because most people who try to fast track go broke.