Pot odds or suckout?

[Guthrie]

I normally don't pay much attention to what people say about me in chat, but two or three players seemed to think this was a typical suckout by a fish.

Actually I had checked the flop fully intending to fold since this was a hand I really didn't want to play. A flush would probably not be the nuts, I had the ignorant end of the gutshot, and a pair of queens would be useless when some donk paired his ace. But I counted my outs, came up with 3 queens, 4 fives, and 1.5 for the backdoor flush draw. Maybe overly generous at 8.5, but I only needed 5 for the pot odds, so I reluctantly called.

On the turn I now have a flush draw, and one of the cards that beats me is on the board, plus the gutshot, 13 outs, so an easy call. Actually, looking back on it, I should probably have raised.

So was this a typical suckout by a fish or my just reward for reading all those books?

PokerStars 1/2 Hold'em (8 handed) converter

Preflop: Hero is BB with 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
UTG calls, UTG+1 calls, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, MP2 calls, CO calls, Button calls, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Hero checks.

Flop: (6.50 SB) 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(6 players)</font>
Hero checks, UTG checks, UTG+1 checks, <font color="#CC3333">MP2 bets</font>, CO folds, Button calls, Hero calls, UTG folds, UTG+1 calls.

Turn: (5.25 BB) A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
Hero checks, UTG+1 checks, <font color="#CC3333">MP2 bets</font>, Button folds, Hero calls, UTG+1 calls.

River: (8.25 BB) 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, UTG+1 folds, MP2 calls.

Final Pot: 10.25 BB