Flush/straight draw howto play

Howdy folks. I'm new to poker - been playing for about three months now. I was in an online poker room in Seat 6 (small blind). My intention was to throw the hand away after three bets, instead the following ensued. Should I have played the hand this way?

Seat 1: Seat 1 ($72.05)
Seat 2: Seat 2 ($202.60)
Seat 3: Seat 3 ($63.60)
Seat 4: Seat 4 ($114.90)
Seat 5: Seat 5 ($98.85)
Seat 6: Seat 6 ($46.10)
Seat 7: Seat 7 ($40)
Seat 8: Seat 8 ($36.65)
Seat 9: Seat 9 ($94)
Seat 6 posts the small blind of $0.50
Seat 7 posts the big blind of $1
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Seat 6 [Kh Jh]
Seat 8 folds
Seat 9 folds
Seat 1 calls $1
Seat 2 calls $1
Seat 3 calls $1
Seat 4 folds
Seat 5 folds
Seat 6 raises to $2
Seat 7 calls $1
Seat 1 calls $1
Seat 4 stands up
Seat 2: donk raise
Seat 2: let me see what it feels like
Seat 2 raises to $3
Seat 3 calls $2
Seat 6 calls $1
Seat 7 calls $1
Seat 1 calls $1
*** FLOP *** [7h Th 5c]
Seat 6 checks
Seat 7 checks
Seat 1 has 15 seconds left to act
Seat 1 checks
Seat 2 checks
Seat 3 bets $5
Seat 6 calls $5
Seat 7 folds
Seat 1 calls $5
Seat 2 calls $5
*** TURN *** [7h Th 5c] [Ad]
Seat 6 checks
Seat 1 has 15 seconds left to act
Seat 1 checks
Seat 2 bets $9.95
Seat 3 folds
Seat 6 calls $9.95
Seat 1 folds
*** RIVER *** [7h Th 5c Ad] [3h]
Seat 6 checks
Seat 2 bets $8.95
Seat 6 raises to $17.90
Seat 2 raises to $184.65, and is all in
Seat 6 calls $10.25, and is all in
Uncalled bet of $156.50 returned to Seat 2
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Seat 2 shows [4h Ah] (a flush, Ace high)
Seat 2: CALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
Seat 6 mucks
Seat 2 wins the pot ($108.20) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 6 is sitting out
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $111.20 | Rake $3
Board: [7h Th 5c Ad 3h]
Seat 1: Seat 1 folded on the Turn
Seat 2: Seat 2 showed [4h Ah] and won ($108.20) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 3: Seat 3 folded on the Turn
Seat 4: Seat 4 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: Seat 5 (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: Seat 6 (small blind) mucked [Kh Jh] - a flush, King high
Seat 7: Seat 7 (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 8: Seat 8 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 9: Seat 9 didn't bet (folded)

[Jimbo]

Your post would fit better in the Beats, Brags, and Variance forum, not in Poker Theory.

[WhiteWolf]

Welcome to the forums.

A few points for your future posts:
1) Please use the hand converter found here when posting a hand.
2) Don't show the end result of the hand in your original post, as knowing the final hand your opponents held will taint the analysis people try to provide you.
3) Post in the approriate format. Since you're new to poker, I think you have a valid strategy question, which means it belongs in the Small Stakes No Limit Hold Em forum (although, as Jimbo alludes to, this is suspiciously like a bad beat post).
4) Better yet, read the posting guidelines here for more tips.

Now to the hand in question, my analysis (far from expert):
- Preflop, KJs is not a great hand to play no-limit out of position, but it does like multiway action. I would limp w/this in the small blind. If I was to raise, it would not be a minraise. The typical formula for a preflop raise is 3-4BB, plus another BB for each limper already in the pot. So a raise to about 7 would be called for here. But, once again, KJs is not strong enough for me to want to play a big pot out of position.
- Flop: you have a good hand - flush draw, two overcards, and a longshot backdoor straight draw. That's a lot of outs. If you want to be aggressive with a draw and lead out with a pot size or more bet, this is a good spot. As played, seat 3 is a moron for giving you good odds to call. The call is fine.
- Turn: Call is fine.
- River: Played fine. You have the second nuts, and since you don't have much money left in your stack, lots of other hands besides the nut flush will be paying you off here. In order to make the most profit at poker, you have to put the money in at times where it is possible that another hand beats you. This is one of those times. Learn to accept this and move onto the next hand.