$200 NLHE Full Ring: Flush Draw vs. New Loose Player

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SuitedJok3r

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I'm new at this post stuff, so bear with me.

So...

I'm playing $1/$2 NL at a local casino. I buy-in for $200, hover for about 4 1/2-5 hours until a new guy sits down and picks up the action.

There's one early position limp, comes to me, pick up KJ diamonds in MP and raise to $15. Starting stack is about $220-$230. The aforementioned action player is in the big blind, he calls and limper folds.

Flop comes and is music to my ears. Ad-Jh-3d or 8d. Can't remember which one the smaller card. He checks and I bet small to keep him in. I bet another $15 and he snap raises to $50. I think for a second, but with my stack not really being that big and the pot built pretty well for my holding, I don't see too many options here. Pair with nut flush draw against who is spewing right off the bat. So, I shove it, he pauses for a second and calls.

The hand runs out with a couple of bricks and I miss. He flips and shows AJ off. Obviously, he's not going anywhere with Top 2. Was this the right move or should I have just called, seen the turn and went from there?
 
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Checking back or betting are both going to be ok neither will be a mistake. And once you get raised you got no other option but to go with the hand with a combo draw this strong.Typically though i would check back more of these type hands that have decent showdown value and bet more of the draws that have no showdown value.It helps to protect your checking range when you have hands that will be able to call the turn and either win at showdown or make extremely strong hands good enough to call rivers or play for stacks.
 
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That's kind of what I figured. Maybe next time I check back, see if I hit and trap. I suppose I trapped myself with c-betting and making myself committed. Thank you for the insight.
 
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