[Esmerelda]

Raise more preflop for value, you have the best hand and you want to get more money in the pot. Also you give information by raising, i.e. a very strong starting hand. You need to charge more for giving out that info and if he calls that will narrow his hand range down.

Raise to 2.50 or a bit more pf

If you had raised a bit more pf then given the stack sizes you should be rrai on the flop here. He will be calling you down with AK, KQ and Kx. You don't want him to get a cheap turn card because he is likely to have a gutshot and pair combo (T9, JT etc).

As played your flop raise is about the right size but leaves you and villain pretty much committed to the rest. You can argue over the small EV advantages of pushing vs. PSB here but it matters little IMO.