How to play a Flush Draw?

[GaF]

Ok - I've just been knocked out of the PokerStars freeroll very early - and this is the hand that did the damage.....

PokerStars Game #2566776754: Tournament #12338773, Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2005/09/13 - 15:07:06 (ET) Table '12338773 14' Seat #9 is the button Seat 1: c()mpiler (1070 in chips) Seat 2: hotprada (1470 in chips) is sitting out Seat 3: Kiernan (1490 in chips) Seat 4: skaterer4 (1320 in chips) Seat 5: Tanya Hide (1470 in chips) is sitting out Seat 6: pl-GaF (1580 in chips) Seat 7: DBDF (2130 in chips) Seat 8: yossemite (1470 in chips) Seat 9: seasider (1460 in chips) is sitting out c()mpiler: posts small blind 10 hotprada: posts big blind 20 *** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to pl-GaF [Kc Ac] Kiernan: folds skaterer4: raises 100 to 120 Tanya Hide: folds pl-GaF: calls 120 DBDF: folds yossemite: calls 120 seasider: folds c()mpiler: folds hotprada: folds *** FLOP *** [2h 8c Tc] skaterer4: bets 60 pl-GaF: raises 240 to 300 yossemite: folds skaterer4: raises 900 to 1200 and is all-in pl-GaF: calls 900 *** TURN *** [2h 8c Tc] [Jh] *** RIVER *** [2h 8c Tc Jh] [7h] *** SHOW DOWN *** skaterer4: shows [Ts Th] (three of a kind, Tens) pl-GaF: shows [Kc Ac] (high card Ace) skaterer4 collected 2790 from pot *** SUMMARY *** Total pot 2790 | Rake 0 Board [2h 8c Tc Jh 7h] Seat 1: c()mpiler (small blind) folded before Flop Seat 2: hotprada (big blind) folded before Flop Seat 3: Kiernan folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 4: skaterer4 showed [Ts Th] and won (2790) with three of a kind, Tens Seat 5: Tanya Hide folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 6: pl-GaF showed [Kc Ac] and lost with high card Ace Seat 7: DBDF folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 8: yossemite folded on the Flop Seat 9: seasider (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Pretty certain I played it wrong ..... but how should I have played it? Reraised pre flop and call post flop (instead of call pre flop and reraise post flop)? Was I too aggressive with what was essentially A high? Just chucked it into a calculator - Pre flop, I was 46% v 54% underdog (well we probably all know the odds there....) - Post Flop I was 26% to 74% underdog (which surprises me!!) - so knowing his hand now, I was on a hiding to nothing........ What should I have done differently (without the benefit of hindsight?)

[Norfolk Enchance]

Re: How to play a Flush Draw? I find AK is a good raising hand. I would definitely have re-raised pre flop considering its a free roll and the standard is probably not that great. As it turned out he had a decent hand but he could have had any old crap really. I wouldn’t argue against you re-raising on the flop, but I would not call an all in at such an early stage with a flush draw. A lot of people will raise on the flop regardless if they have raised before the flop – they don’t want to show weakness after showing strength with the pre flop raise. Re-raising his bet on the flop rather than calling it gives you more of an idea of where you stand in the hand. The fact that he then went all in over the top suggests he definitely has something and IMO it is not worth risking your tournament on a draw at this stage. Wait for a better opportunity.. I wouldn’t worry too much about the post flop odds – he could just as easily have had an over pair making the odds a lot closer. That’s my thinking anyway