Edward Tro

I played this hand badly and need some feedback as to how I could've played it better:

Live full ring $5/$5 with UTG $10 straddle.
Hero UTG1 ($850, TAG) Kc Qc opens $35.
- V1 MP (~$400, TPP) calls
- V2 CO (~$400, sticky loose reg) calls
- V3 BTN (~$800, competent TAG) calls
- V4 SB (~$400, loose passive) calls
- V5 UTG (~350, unknown) completes straddle
6 ways to the flop lol :)

Flop ($210): Ac Kd Js
- Action checks around
Question 1: With this many players, and me being the PFR (Qc in hand blocking some straights, BDFR/SD etc) do you like the check here or prefer a small (1/3pot) c-bet here to thin the field/get weaker aces to fold?

Turn ($210): 2c
- V4 in SB leads for $125. V5 UTG calls, I call. Remaining villains fold.
Question 2: with the turn bringing in a nut flush draw for me, do you like the call or prefer a raise to squeeze out either V's?
Question 3: does raising on the turn play my hand face up? Or does both raising and calling do that? Which is the better play?

River ($585): Kd
- V4 in SB checks, V5 snap jams for remaining stack of roughly 1/2pot, I call, V4 folds. V5 shows A3o and Hero scoops.
-- Side note: V4 says he had AT (don't know if suited or off suit)

I didn't like anything about how I played this hand b/c although I won the pot, I feel there were better ways to set up playing it on the flop and turn. I remember during the hand I was thinking about how I needed to tighten up playing this hand on that flop with so many players but also thinking about how being the PFR from essentially UTG, I could easily c-bet the flop small to build the pot/get V's who missed the flop to fold. Then with the turn, I remember thinking about how it would've been perfect to continue betting, building the pot, etcetc. Then jamming any safe river. Hate being results-oriented... like even though I won the pot, I lost value by not building it up.

Critique my play!

Here's a $5-$5 hand I played the other night:
4 people limp and Hero on BTN, looking down at Ac Kc, makes it $45. Everyone folds to Villain in CO who calls.
Hero $945.
Villain is a TAG/LAG reg, have a some history with him. $450 effective.

Flop ($95) comes: Qc Jc 7s.
Villain checks, Hero cb $55, CO calls.

Turn ($205) brings: 2c
Villain checks, Hero bets $115, CO calls.
At this point (and based on previous hands played against Villain), I'm putting Villain on Qx two pairs, all of the weaker Qx/Jx hands + c draw, weaker (T-7) club draws/straight draws, and possibly bottom set that was limp called pre-flop (based on other hands, I know he limps with most middling-lower pocket pairs esp given the pre flop action).

River ($435) brings: 7d
Villain shoves for $235. What do you do??
- What is the correct decision?
- What is the right exploitative decision (if there is one that's different)?

Will post what Villain was holding and my action later.

Players and Stack Sizes:
V1: older reg, LAG, seen him use the limp with AA-JJ, AKo+ strategy from earlier positions. $475.
V2: younger tag; had been running pretty poorly the entire time he had been sitting at the table. $600.
Hero: younger tag/lag; players at the table saw one unsuccessful bluff I had made in a previous hand against V2, beyond that I had primarily won pots before showdown. $1,245.

Pre Flop:
V1 UTG limps, player to his left limps, folds to me in the CO with Ah Kd and I make it $35, V2 BTN calls, V1 calls, and the last limper folds.

Flop ($110) comes Qs Th 3h. V1 checks, I decide to check (I feel like I missed a c-bet here.. Full Disclosure: my failed bluff against V2 in the prev. hand made me feel biased against c-betting). V2 bets out $75. V1 calls, I call.

Turn ($335) brings the Kh. V1 checks, I check, and V2 bets out $110 (had I c-bet on the flop, I feel could fire or raise on this turn, but again, I was unsure of what the best action overall here was given the way I played this hand. At this point, I felt like V2 had a strong hand like two pair+ or some pair+straight draw and was protecting his hand and I think I should have raised with the Ah in my hand to get V1 out, but again, not sure what the correct move here was).

River ($665) brings the 3s. V1 checks, I checked and V2 checks... V1 shows Jh Js and V2 mucked his hand.

Definitely one of the more passive hands I've played in this hand scenario but like I said above, I was biased against myself to make the right actions and definitely feel like I missed value in some spots. Also felt like I didn't protect my hand when in other scenarios I should have.
We won the pot but I don't like how I played this hand. Any comments on how you'd play this hand differently are more than welcome!