[W. Deranged]

Why do you like a check-raise here? Hero raised out of the small blind here. His opponents will read some strength. His opponents may not have an A, and on an A high, fairly drawless flop, some opponents will likely drop on the flop. Check-raising the flop. With only the K overcards to worry about, I don't think extra tough hand protection measures are required here. A bet here just seems a bit more straightforward.

I also like a bet on the flop more because I feel that on this board, a raise is not that likely to come from anything less than an A (edit: except for from the maniac). A flop check-raise may actually get our hero tied to putting big bets in on later streets against a medium A, which would suck.