Bad beat, any suggestions

[SmegGSU]

I recently was playing in a home game, small money 50nl .50,1 dollar blinds.

The table has 8 players and i get dealt K,Q suited diamonds. I raise in middle position to 3 dollars, not a huge raise. I get two callers both have position on me. Flop come Ah, Jd, 10h. I flop the sraight and bet 7 dollars, both players call immediatly. Turn card is a 10c, this card dose scare me with two people calling me, now there is a flush draw and a possible full house, so i decide to check. both other players check. River card vomes 3h. Now the flush possibility hits. I check second player checks player button bets two dollars,(?!) weak bet. I call, and the second plaer reraises 6 dollars. The third player folds and it comes back to me, I clled the bet knowing i had probably lost but since there was so much money in the pot six dollars didn't seem like too much money and I had big stack at the table. I was hoping that he had not hit the flush but had made trips or two pair. I turn over my straight the other guy turns over an 8,2 of hearts for the flush. I cannot begin to describe how pissed off I was. Not because of the flush I was ready for that but, but what got me was that all he had up until the river was a draw and just about the worst one he couls ask for.

Could I have done anything different to maybe drive this guy out or should I really have folded to a six dollar bet? This was the first time I had olayed w/ this guy. I was told he knew how to play and was really good. I don't think reraising him on the river would havedone it either since I only called the other two dollar bet.