Stud/8 concealed pair

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#9

What do you think of this line? Is there a time to toss this or is it just a bad beat? I thought that this kind of hand had great value. Did I just play it wrong? (Please tell me why.)

20/40 Stud/8, 8 handed
V1 is a little wild but otherwise solid.
V2 is very solid and most definitely better at this game than me.

Hero: (QQ) 4, bringin -- raises
(2 folds)
Villain #1: (xx) T, calls -- calls
(2 folds)
Villain #2 (xx) 5 completes -- calls (and says, I wonder how to play this since [Hero] said that he doesn't play [Stud/8] much).
* I added this because V2 seems to be confused by my raise.
(1 fold)

4th:
Hero (QQ) 4A -- bets
V1 (xx) T3 -- calls
V2 (xx) 58 -- calls

5th:
Hero (QQ) 4A6, 2 diamonds -- bets
V1 (xx) T3J, 2 clubs -- calls
V2 (xx) 582 -- calls

6th:
Hero: (QQ) 4A62, 3 diamonds -- bets
V1: (xx) T3J4, 2 clubs -- calls
V2: (xx) 5829 -- calls

7th:
Hero: (QQ) 4A62 (4) -- bets -- calls
V1: (xx) T3J4 (x) -- calls -- calls -- mucks
V2: (xx) 5829 (x) raises

V2 showed (46) 5829 (7) and scooped with a low and a 9 high straight. She said that she rivered the gutshot, and I believe her.

I feel like I fooled V1 into sticking around with 2 pair at best. I showed my hand first so I know he didn't have a low or better than Qs up. This suggested to me that I played it right but didn't get the result.

I feel like this is just a bad beat. But was I playing over my head as a newb to even try to pull this off? Did I play it too fast, perhaps?

Edit: I actually had the Q [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] too, so when I say that I had "3 diamonds" on 6th, that's what was exposed -- I actually picked up the flush draw there. My post & question really have to do more with whether I should have played this hand this fast up until 6th.