I bet pot on the flop as a dumb semi bluff to hopefully perplex my opp, which completely worked against me. Looking back, I should have checked behind unless I plan to rep top pair or something on the turn as well. And looking back on the river, I was just too excited I caught my flush on the turn and thought he was weak as he smooth called the bet I'd do if I had a Q or A with good kicker. I know this is dumb at these levels, but I wasn't thinking clearly as I had suffered a bad beat recently (should have sat out a few hands).

Anyway, thanks for the post, it makes a lot of sense. Does anyone think I should have raised pre flop? I have seen a lot of you do that with suited connectors in position and it makes sense since you can either bluff with high cards flopping or take a free card usually.