Well, that's unfortunate about hand #2. I still have very mixed feelings over whether a river call is right there (forgeting that the turn was misplayed). A value bet on the river for him just makes more sense if he has the flush.......but I suppose his thinking was this:

He wisely bets his non-face card high flush on the turn, and you call. This means to him one of three things:

1. You've got a flush, and it's better than his (thus you felt you could slowplay it like you did). He goes broke if this is the case, but he'll take that chance.

2. You're drawing to a higher flush. You don't have the flush yet, but you've got a high club in your hand.

3. You've got some other monster you've been slowplaying, and you don't believe he has the flush, even though he's representing it. (This is what the scenario really was...you were slowplaying your made flush).

When the river card doesn't make it four clubs on board, here's his possible thinking:

1. If he's got a higher flush and I go all-in I'm broke, but I'll take this chance.

2. If he was on a high flush draw and didn't hit, he won't even call a value bet, so why bet small?

3. If he had some weaker hand than my flush that's still a big hand, he may call any bet with it. After all, I represented the flush on the turn and he didn't go away. Let's see how good his hand really is! All-in! Please call!

This may have been his possible train of thought to justify his betting pattern. Maybe I'm giving him too much credit....maybe it was more like "Duh...I've got a flush and that's a good hand...bet it all!"

Sorry that hand broke ya