Read or reread ABCD theorem.. it'll help with these spots a bit.
You have to put your opponent on a range.. you didn't supply any info on this specific hand but go through some deduction, ask some questions, think about tendencies.
1. Raising here folds out what part of his range beating me?
2. Raising here gets value from what hands in his range that I am beating?
3. If I call here, how likely is his range to improve?
4. If I call here, how much of his range will barrel?
5. Taking all of the previous into account.. we now know the flop, we have the opponent on a range and now we guess how he would play each part of that range.
6. Now knowing all that we know.. how do we maximize? How much money do we want to put in this pot knowing how we stand vs the villains range.
There are a ton of other things we could comment on.. but we need specifics on specific hands.. all opponents are different and the way to play that flop could vary tremendously based on what we know and how the villains views us.
By the way. the above hand could be a medium strength hand, a monster, or very weak depending on our opponent.
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