Did I play this right or overplay it? Opponent is loose (40) and average aggression (1.5-2).

- deckdeck sitting in seat 1 with $12.65
- Johanovitch sitting in seat 2 with $6.60
- Stoneburg sitting in seat 3 with $43.95
- pamela86 sitting in seat 4 with $17.95 [Dealer]
- Graihn sitting in seat 5 with $25.00
- LenoxBlue sitting in seat 6 with $23.55
- flibben sitting in seat 7 with $52.20
- Madoek sitting in seat 9 with $50.00
- sticks150 sitting in seat 10 with $94.43

flibben folded
Madoek called - $0.50
sticks150 called - $0.50
deckdeck called - $0.50
Johanovitch folded
Stoneburg called - $0.50 [Ah]
pamela86 called - $0.50
Graihn folded
LenoxBlue checked

** Dealing the flop:
LenoxBlue checked
Madoek checked
sticks150 bet - $2.00
deckdeck folded
Stoneburg raised - $6.00
pamela86 folded
LenoxBlue folded
Madoek folded
sticks150 called - $6.00

** Dealing the turn:
sticks150 bet - $2.00
Stoneburg raised - $12.00
sticks150 called - $12.00

** Dealing the river: $39.25
sticks150 checked
Stoneburg went all-in - $25.45

I would've just checked the river. May have hit his flush, may have had an 8, etc. Just my opinion. What happened?

I raise preflop in that position and do not go all in on the river when the flush hits. I do like your flop raise and turn raise but limping in lp with AKs is not the best play IMO.

The standard line is to make a value bet here of about 1/2 pot.

But if you have reason to think he'd interpret your push as a bluff and call you with a weaker hand, then by all means I think it's a good idea.

Either way, if you do decide to value bet the river if he pushes I think you have to call, the odds you'd be getting are too good to fold.