AK 4 handed on button, effective M of 4

[bigchips HI]

table has been extremely aggressive with lots of steals and resteals preflop, not too much postflop play going on.

1000/2000 Ante 250

Seat 1: TootsieD (36,760)
Seat 7: stylinhawyn (41,045) <----- me
Seat 8: SeanJohn951 (155,240)
Seat 9: sursad (36,955) <---------- villian

SeanJohn951 posts the small blind of 1,000
sursad posts the big blind of 2,000
The button is in seat #7

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to stylinhawyn [Ac Ks]
TootsieD folds
stylinhawyn raises to 6,000
SeanJohn951 folds
sursad calls 4,000
*** FLOP *** [Jd Td 2h]
sursad checks
stylinhawyn ________?

I found myself kinda stumped on this hand, like I didnt exactly know what my goal should have been for trying to win the hand...

Should I have raised more preflop, or keep it small to encourage action? On the flop, Is it go time with the 2 overs and gutshot if villian bets out? Whats a good continuation bet, or should I take the free card and reeavaluate on the turn?

[fnurt]

What's an effective M? Did I miss the invention of a new poker term?