I totally agree. Looking back on it now it seems sooooo dumb that I didn't reason it through more. Like I say, I just 'bottled it' as they say here in the UK. So stupid, lol.

Tetsuo,
Don't feel to bad about this hand, at least you played it the way your gut said and didnt try to chase out of frustration. Maybe it was the wrong laydown but you live and learn, and as your poker insticnts get better the ablitity to throw away big hands udner the right circumstances is one of the major differences between being a mediocre poker player and a good poker player.

As to your opponnats play, my feeling is he thought you had the best hand and was protecting it as he should. He probably thought you had a big to mid PP and was afraid that you had the one card flush draw and he didnt want to let you draw at it. If he was critquing your play he probably was frustrated enough that he wanted to get all his money in to beat you.

Final thought, you said that this guy called you overagressive by raising the flop bet with a flush draw to get to see a free card. This is usually a strong play not and overagressive play and usually a sign of a player that knows what he/she is doing.