did i play this right or did i mess up

[pelerojoJE]

hi, and thank you for all the great help so far in the posts here. I just started playing online and this hand was like wtf, im pelerojo66 in the hand
pelerojo66 is at seat 0 with $2.01.
jeff67 is at seat 1 with $.28.
Hoang_91 is at seat 2 with $1.04 (sitting out).
Whacky is at seat 3 with $2.80.
reo is at seat 4 with $2.
Riversider1 is at seat 5 with $2.95.
ghstrydrjon is at seat 6 with $1.79.
dedmunne is at seat 8 with $2.91.
twsmooth is at seat 9 with $1.22.
The button is at seat 8.

twsmooth posts the small blind of $.01.
pelerojo66 posts the big blind of $.02.

pelerojo66: Qh Ks
jeff67: -- --
Whacky: -- --
reo: -- --
Riversider1: -- --
ghstrydrjon: -- --
dedmunne: -- --
twsmooth: -- --

Pre-flop:

jeff67 calls. Whacky folds. reo calls.
Riversider1 folds. ghstrydrjon calls. dedmunne
calls. twsmooth calls. pelerojo66 checks.

Flop (board: 8s 9d Qs):

twsmooth checks. pelerojo66 bets $.12. jeff67
calls. reo folds. ghstrydrjon folds. dedmunne
folds. twsmooth folds.

Turn (board: 8s 9d Qs 4d):

pelerojo66 bets $.36. jeff67 goes all-in for $.14.
pelerojo66 is returned $.22 (uncalled).

River (board: 8s 9d Qs 4d 5d):

(no action in this round)




Showdown:

pelerojo66 shows Qh Ks.
pelerojo66 has Qh Ks 8s 9d Qs: a pair of queens.
jeff67 shows Qd Jd.
jeff67 has Qd Jd 9d 4d 5d: flush, queen high.


Hand #4143593-6288 Summary:

No rake is taken for this hand.
jeff67 wins $.64 with flush, queen high.

[elipsesjeff]

Nothing you really could have done here, except maybe bet more preflop. The runner runner flushes are hard to take and they don't happen to often I would be generally scared about it. You had all your money in when you had the best hand, so, good play.

[dsaxton]

I think with all the players limping in, by simply checking you're missing a potentially profitable situation. I would have raised preflop with the intention of betting no matter what flopped (unless many of the limpers call). If only a couple of the limpers call, they will likely be moved off their hands easily, or you may have any number call and flop top pair with a strong kicker and add to your profit through value bets. In this particular case, however, Q-J suited likely would've called and you still would've lost the pot to the runner runner flush since I doubt this player would be able to lay down top pair with a J kicker.