So everything worked out fine here and I took down a nice pot. However, the hand got me wondering whether this is a good spot to wait for the turn to protect. The pot is huge, and I think it's likely I can boot out straight draws by raising the turn.
Thoughts? Is it worth forgoing the flop value to protect vs the weaker draws?
READS
Dream table - 4 loose/passives, villain and a couple of TAGS
Villain (pf raiser) is semi-loose/aggressive - 30/13/2 after 200 hands
Party Poker 5.00/10.00 Hold'em <font color="#0000FF">(10 handed)</font>
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Preflop: Hero is CO with K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
UTG calls, UTG+1 calls, <font color="#666666">
1 folds</font>, MP1 calls, <font color="#666666">
1 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP3 raises</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero 3-bets</font>, <font color="#666666">
3 folds</font>, UTG calls, UTG+1 calls, MP1 calls, MP3 calls.
Flop: (16.40 SB) 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(5 players)</font>
UTG checks, UTG+1 checks, MP1 checks, <font color="#CC3333">MP3 bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, UTG calls, UTG+1 calls, MP1 folds, MP3 folds.
Turn: (11.70 BB) 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
UTG checks, UTG+1 checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, UTG calls, UTG+1 calls.
River: (14.70 BB) 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
UTG checks, UTG+1 checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, UTG folds, UTG+1 calls.
Final Pot: 16.70 BB.