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Why do you push? Do you push nuts or 2nd nuts here?

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I understand that a smallish bet here would look scary to a thinking player (assuming OP would make a smallish bet in order to suck in opponents with a good flush), but against most players a smallish bet is going to be interpreted as weakness... a weak flush or two pair might call thinking they have good odds.

If hero bets 1/2 pot and is raised, I guess he should fold despite the tempting 5-to-1 odds. If hero bets 1/2 pot and is called, what should he do on the turn?

This is one of the reasons why I hate reraising oop getting only ~30% of my stack in preflop.

OP, on most flops I think that a push is mandatory given the stack sizes.