[djoyce003]

Well, you want to protect your hand because of the two flush. The turn also makes the straight possible. With that ace out there, if you lead out, you are almost certain to be raised, which lets you threebet. You don't want to let flushes draw cheaply. You are likely WAY ahead here and the easiest way to build big pots is to bet, get raised, and reraise. Always going for check raises, or things can kill you. What if you go for the checkraise and the bettor ends up on your right rather than your left. Then you either have to just call, or force the field to flat call 2 bets, and probably lose a bunch. What happens though if you bet, the field calls, the guy on your right raises, and you reraise. The field will likely call the 2 bets now that they've already put in one.....to truly build a big pot you've got to bet...get raised, then reraise....see where we are going.