Royal Flush Poker

This hand was one of the first of a few at Bet Fair Poker which went badly wrong on the final table. I started the hand with a chiplead of 30,000 and my opponent had around 9,000.

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From the big blind I already had 1,600 invested and so I wasn’t overly happy to see my opponent who is usually a very solid player raise it to 3,200 preflop. I was holding (Ac,Jc) and figured that it was probably just about enough to get me into trouble, but I had to call. The flop came down a very interesting (Ah,Qc,10c). I knew the chips were going in one way or another and was putting my opponent on a hand like (A,Q) or (A,K). I checked on the off chance he might be holding an underpair and would check back, but he moved the rest of his chips in and I couldn’t convince myself to get away.
I had the nut Flush draw, top pair, and an inside Straight draw and so I called. He turned over his (A,K) and with no club or King to save me, I wondered if there was any way I could have simply folded the hand in the first place. In all honesty though, I think in that position I would do the same again. When the flop came down, I pretty much picked up every draw and connected enough to leave me strong, but still behind in the hand.
Preflop I couldn’t fold (Ac,Jc) when I already had 1,600 invested even if I did feel I was going in behind, so I cannot feel too bad. In poker there will always be times when you are dragged into a pot that almost plays itself out, and you just have to go with your best option at the time I feel.