Sorry the message was long-winded - but buried in there was that he had :Ac: :Jc:

So he did flop the flush, and I'm guessing that a standard 5x BB raise from the AK here preflop would not have chased him off. Now I don't know the guy so he could have lied - who knows.

But - if you are saying that in most cases like this the opponent would not flop the flush or that it is weak so go ahead and push here and it will pay off most times - that I get.

I'll admit to being Tight Weak with the AK preflop.
So if it's not the preflop raise then I push here just to avoid being bluffed out. In this case I likely would have lost - yes I had probably 3 outs (guy here at least had the Ace so only 1 left for me) on the last card to the FH - not very good odds there but it happens.

Gorilla - I'm a noob - I totally don't understand what you are referring to but would like to. What does 'playing for value' refer to? And are you saying I should have bluffed here and just allin on the flop? I would assume not because in that case I would have folded everyone out but the flopped flush and if no one had it and bailed I win ~50c. I am not much of a bluffer - will do it on occassion on the button if I have at least something with a chance to improve to a good hand - but I don't just outright bluff - probably a confidence thing on my part. And are you suggesting not to raise AK preflop with the last comment?

Not trying to be dense - really want to learn and improve.

Appreciate all the comments!