[n.s.]

I'm sorta mixed on this one. On the one hand, it seems like a good time to wait for a safe card and also get multiple bets in on the big streets.

On the other hand, players in this game tend to go ape-[censored] on the flop with surprisingly little. It'd be great to get a naked 6, a heart draw, or overcards to get into a dumb raising war and let you raise-cap this flop. Also, most of these players are surprisingly good (bad?) at calling one turn bet and folding for one more. If the turn goes bet, call, raise, I wouldn't be too shocked to see you take it down right there (especially with your image). I also think that MP may call many flop bets with her overcards, but might check-fold the turn when she misses.

So I think just raising the flop is the way to go. Give yourself a chance to jump into the middle of a flop raising circus with the best hand.

As played, I think you have to 3-bet this turn. MP isn't likely to slowplay a big hand on the flop - I think she'll have AQ or a hand like 99 most of the time here. She calls the flop bet because she thinks UTG is FOS, but she's scared of you having a huge hand. You've represented AK pretty well here, so she probably thinks she's good and raising with the best hand. Make BB or UTG pay through the nose with a 6 or a heart draw and expect MP to call you down because that's usually what she does when she gets this far and has a showdownable hand (assuming she's tilting a bit, which seems to be most of the time).

If UTG has a straight, so be it. I think most of the time he'll cap the turn with it, and you can get away from it and it'll cost you the same as calling down.