Did I screw this one up?

[PreyOnU]

You had top pair top kicker with a flush draw out (and you missed the chance to distinguish by the turn whether EP had a pair of queens beat or was on a flush draw--luckily he came out and told you), and you were to the right of the pre-flop raiser... check-raising, even if it didn't get checked around, would have only put 1 bet to everyone, and they would have already called 1 bet... the only chance of making them call 2 is to bet into the preflop raiser and hope for his likely cooperation. His actions there and on the turn map out yours.

As for the big blind, sure he may be an idiot for calling 2 cold pre-flop... but then he paid $3 to see 2 more cards and hit his 2-outer vs. top pair-top kicker... (A 22-1 dog after the turn saw the river for free!!!) If I expected that kinda post-flop action, I'd call a cap cold with pocket deuces at your table.

Every dollar you lose to the fish gets split evenly amongst the solid players... and you actually have to "work" to get it back.. bleh.