Jiggus, you have GOT to stop thinking of the money you have on the table as big bucks that you're losing, and start seeing them as chips. If you can't afford to play poker, then you shouldn't be playing poker.

Every single player loses money while they are learning, whether it's over many months or just a few sessions. I think what you're demonstrating here is that fishy strategies which work at the $2 tables, where you KNOW 6 people will see every flop, are not always going to work at higher limits.

But back to the hand in question. Let's ignore the size PFR for a moment, but we obviously can't ignore the fact that two people with position on you felt their hands were good enough to play against you. This means that they like their hands a lot, and what strong hands will fold on this flop against a less than half-pot-size bet? A cont bet was foolish, but forgiveable; not listening to the information the CO is giving you with his re-raise - I HAVE A MADE HAND - is just foolish, especially when your re-raise he basically HAD to call.

Your turn bet is terrible too. It's so small that it's not going to make anyone fold - maybe in 1% of games you'll be up against a thinking player who also has a gutshot straight, or MAYBE AT, and reads your small bet as a value bet made by a monster hand. But really this just isn't going to happen - you are literally throwing away 26BBs here to someone who has already told you they have a made hand.

This hand is either tilt or quite flabbergastingly bad play. And it's entirely your decisions that are bad - I don't know what your opponent has, but I know you have very little hope of winning the hand - 10 outs at best, several of which may be tainted.

You say you have to win - so why are you throwing relatively huge quantites of money, practically a full buyin, into a pot WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE A MADE HAND?

Sorry this is harsh, but after our PM exchange I was looking forward to hearing of your successes, and really, this hand is not worthy of someone with your ambition and your desire to improve. PM me again if you like, or better still get AIM and say hello (my username is markelby).