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Sure enough, HEfAP, page 171 in the section 'When Pots get Big'

"Suppose you have aces on the button, many players are in, and the pot is very large. The flop comes: Jc 8s 7d. Everyone checks to you. The correct play is to also check! Then when a bet comes on 4th street you raise. If someone is going to draw out on you on the turn you can't prevent it anyway. By playing the hand this way you'll be able to stop him from drawing out in the end."

The reason I bring this up is that I vaguely recalled this during the hand - but I still don't understand the reasoning 100%. Anyone who has HEfAP check this out.