Bet sizing w AK here too avoid this river situation

[adam258]

Obv stupid river call here. But mistake with bet sizing where this could be avoided?

PokerStars Game #18616008485: Hold'em No Limit ($0.05/$0.10) - 2008/07/05 - 02:43:53 (ET)
Table 'Adhafera II' 6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: dejahi ($6.70 in chips)
Seat 2: freeedward ($10.05 in chips)
Seat 3: mni1000 ($8.15 in chips)
Seat 4: adam258 ($20.25 in chips)
Seat 5: waitn4winter ($13.15 in chips)
Seat 6: viper10056 ($16.05 in chips)
viper10056: posts small blind $0.05
dejahi: posts big blind $0.10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to adam258 [Kd Ad]
freeedward: folds
mni1000: calls $0.10
adam258: raises $0.40 to $0.50
waitn4winter: folds
viper10056: calls $0.45
dejahi: folds
mni1000: folds
*** FLOP *** [2c Ac 4s]
viper10056: bets $1
adam258: raises $2 to $3
viper10056: calls $2
*** TURN *** [2c Ac 4s] [Qc]
viper10056: checks
adam258: bets $3.80
viper10056: calls $3.80
*** RIVER *** [2c Ac 4s Qc] [6c]
viper10056: bets $8.75 and is all-in
adam258: calls $8.75 (obv extremely stupid call here)(should I have bet bigger on earlier streets?)
*** SHOW DOWN ***
viper10056: shows [3c 3s] (a flush, Ace high)
adam258: shows [Kd Ad] (a pair of Aces)
viper10056 collected $30.75 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $32.30 | Rake $1.55
Board [2c Ac 4s Qc 6c]
Seat 1: dejahi (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: freeedward folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: mni1000 folded before Flop
Seat 4: adam258 showed [Kd Ad] and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 5: waitn4winter (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: viper10056 (small blind) showed [3c 3s] and won ($30.75) with a flush, Ace high

[mxrider]

Looks like there is about $7 in the pot after the flop. I think I get villain to commit his stack on the turn by betting $6. That also makes your future decisions very easy.

[ahog012]

yea id bet $5.50 on the turn into that pot size. Really annoying those situations when the river makes a 1 card flush, have made a few similar calls. but you soon learn from these mistakes!

[k-off]

I would make the raise on the flop a little bigger, a minraise just give him odds to call you. I would make it around 4 or something.