How would you have played my hand?...

Ok I was playing a 6 handed table I was utg. I had a6 off and to mix things up I limped. All other players called apart from the guy on my left (high jack I think whatever). Flop came 246. Small blind potted it and i decided to min re raise after the big blind folded. I did this because I felt I normally had the best Hand however since his bet was so big I wanted control of th pot but at the same time I didn't want him to ship it. I felt if I smoothed I'd have to probably pay him off if he had me beat. If he had a flush draw he'd just call and probably not re ship. In other words it was a information raise. If he raised me I was beat if not I'm winning 99/100 times. Everybody else folded apart from him. Turn came a 5. (btw the board was 6 hearts 4 hearts 2 spades and 5 clubs). He bet half pot into me. Now it just looked like a retarded bluff so I called him. River came a 4 he bet half pot and I payed him off. I thought he had a busted flush draw.. He had k3 spades.. Help analyse on the hand please! Ty

fold pre (seriously)

I wouldn't have played it at all.

And if you are trying to control the pot, raising the flop bet is not the way to do it.

Wouldn't have played it.

I dont think you could have played it worse.

1.Fold pre.
2.Dont open limp.
3.Dont raise for pot control, lol.
4.Dont raise for information.
5.Dont assume a bet is a bluff without reads that they've done it before multiple times.

Open-limp UTG is horrible.

I take it by pot control you mean the initiative because I'm not quite getting how you thought raising would ever put in some pot control.

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Do read lots of post here/2+2/wherever. Your game needs a LOT of work.

Fold pre. You watch to much TV poker and believe it when they tell you any Ax at a short handed table is a good thing.