I think leading preflop is fine here. Your hand got shitloads of equity against a couple of limpers and while you will be OOP I think your hand is strong enough to raise, especieally shorthanded. I like playing mid-pp's in raised pots, you don't have to flop a set to play them so limiting the field seems reasonable. I understand Rentons argument for checking, tho, it's an akward spot raising from the blinds, but this one's still okay imo. Postflop, if your itching for big pots, bet the flop harder. Yes, you want big pots, preferably heads-up contested big pots not multiway-lets-suck-out-on-you big pots because the floptexture is pretty drawheavy. Lead the turn or check-raise-all-in. Actually the latter line, also known as "the-stack-a-donk-line" (raise preflop, lead pot, c/r-ai on turn) often works out amazingly well. It's great that you do a ton of analysis, keep that up, but don't complicate things to much. You can't be sure this guy will put you on overcards just because you check/call the turn and even If you could it's doubtful if thats the best move.