Re: Played correctly?
I think you played this perfectly. Getting this flop checked through could be bad as you are giving a free card to any gutshot or flush draw. You have a monster but between 5 other players collectively there are still a number of outs against you.
And as an example of a bad thing that could happen, a player with a 5 here getting a free look at the turn might be correct to call getting great odds on a gunshot which would hit on the river and drag your pot.
Even worse is someone with T9 who would gladly fold this flop but pick up the straight on the turn and then likely win.
Finally once you've shown aggression preflop it gets more difficult to check-raise unless you know your opponents are aggressive (or if it was 3-bet) as they will likely only bet if they think they are ahead of you.
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