Re: learning
I don't think you should let Button's flop and turn raises slow you down. I would 3-bet the flop. On the turn, also, I'm thinking you should 3-bet. I can see that you're trapping the players in between with your stop-n-go's, but the board is somewhat coordinated and your hand is not invulnerable and maybe the players in between will keep calling anyway. (And if someone folds a hand like QT, you really don't mind, in this huge pot.)
When UTG+1 raises on the river, it looks like you just lost to T9 or some other straight (UTG+1 could have pocket 5's, for instance), but I think you have to call, in a pot this big. Mabye UTG+1 just has pocket 7's or something.
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