Originally Posted by Steve-O

I pot that hand pre-flop all day long. Any suited ace with 3 connecterish cards is a raise: AJT8, AQ98, A789, etc.

This way your flop bet is meaningful, it drives people out and you win a nice little pot uncontested. By limping in you're inviting gutshot and bottom 2 pair calls on the flop because the implied odds are so heavy.

As far as the turn I check/call to avoid exactly what happened. You can keep the pot small and see the river card, and then simply lead into him if you hit. He's not going to fold on the river.