How to extract the most from nuts?

[DrJ]

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Then you evaluate after his play on the turn, I understand we didn't have the nuts on the flop, but we did had a decent hand. Just because a tight player raises from UTG doesn't always mean he flopped a set. I guess the biggest problem is if the villain decides to push after our raise. Then it really depends on if I want to gamble early, and what the stack sizes are. I just don't think it's such a terrible play to raise this flop.

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If he doesn't have a set, then you just folded him out of the hand and aren't going to make any more money off of him. Either with what is presumably the best hand RIGHT now, or when you actually hit your nuts. That's not desirable of course.

If he does have a set, he may push as you suggested and you either have to make a tough call or have been priced off of your powerful draw. Neither are desirable results. Or at best case, he calls and you just out in a lot of money in as a dog. Not desirable either, until this fortunate turn came.

What exactly does the raise accomplish outside of getting a lot of chips in the middle on a hand that could turn into a powerhouse?