Re: call this?
Generally the higher your flush draw the more inclined you should be to bet it. With a nut or K-high flush draw, you can also win when you pair your overcard. Here, you have virtually the nut low unless you make a flush, and 2 opponents is exactly the number I don't want to bet against. If they're going to fold the flop, then they might check it through, and catch a pair when we catch a diamond -- remember, they have 6 outs to pair up and we have 9 to hit a flush.
I also wouldn't like to get raised because our flush is coming in 35% of the time and a raise could get this heads-up where we have to put in 50% of the money. It's not as much a value bet as everyone thinks it is.
I wish I could find the old post in here from someone smarter than me who pointed out why it's often correct to just check small flush draws in first position on the flop.
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