The flop came down [7][8][3] with a flush draw on the board.

The small blind bet out and I immediately put him on a flush draw or top pair. Feeling confident in my read I raised to find out where I was at in the hand.

I smooth call and the turn brings a harmless [9] and a potential straight on the board.

At this point in the hand I am confident I have the best hand even with the possibility of a straight on the board. I then bet out another $650 which was enough to keep my opponent in the pot if he was on a draw and enough to push him out if he had put me on a draw instead without having a hand.

The river brought a [K] which is the last card I wanted to see.

However, after thinking through the hand I was fairly confident that he did not have a King but checked the hand nonetheless. As it turns out I was correct. If he had a King he likely would have raised pre-flop or bet out when it hit the board and I would have known my Jacks were no good. Had he made a small value bet I likely would have had to call for the pot odds. The bottom line is that I missed another opportunity to get money in the pot and get maximum value from my hand. On the other hand the check wasn’t a horrible play but it was a passive play on my part even though it is very likely that my opponent would have simply folded his hand.

How would you play this hand?