Hero, middle aged guy in jeans, button up shirt, clean cut, has been TAGy but a higher than normal amount of quality starting hands could provide a slightly looser image.

Villian, older guy in jeans T-shirt, baseball cap, kinda grungy look. Has been overcalling preflop but usually with medium Ax down to A9o and two big cards KQ, KJ,...

OTTH:
Hero (~$1000) in the CO with AK
Villian (~$750) UTG

Villian limps, 2 MP limps, Hero opens for 25. Villian calls, MP calls. 3 way flop
Flop ($82) A 6 3
Checks around, usually I bet here but I decided I didn't want to fold out weaker holdings with a bet given they both checked and there aren't a lot of turn cards I don't like. In general I over protect my hand in positions like this too often and I'm attempting to balance my ranges with some checks and flats.
Turn ($82) A 6 3 6
Villian bets $65, MP folds
Hero? Call or raise? Surely there should be no folding here. I don't have any 6x hands in Villian's range so either I'm way ahead or way behind if he happens to have a the boat or quads, don't see why Villian would open the pot with a boat or quads however given the action and hand history.

AP there is a second decision but I'd like to get feedback on one part at a time, thanks.

With 3 limps raise more pre to 35.

Why didn't you bet the flop? Bet like 55

as played call. You're hand is under-repped, and not strong enough to raise. Why would you wanna blow him off of a hand you beat?

I'm okay with a mix a betting and checking flop but we should lean toward more bets given that it is 3-ways.

On the turn, I think calling is best, but raise/folding is also an interesting line especially for meta purposes. You are way under-repped so folding is out of the question.

Edited, OP to add reasoning for checking the flop. Thanks for the input. So far there one call and one call or raise (maybe, sometimes).

Wait, why don't you have 6x hands in his range? I would need a very good reason to rule out 65s-68s from a player who open limp/calls and has shown down A9o.

This is a bet on the flop. I a lot of Ax to get value from not to mention the board is sort of wet with str8 and FD's out there.

AP, I flat the turn to hopefully get V to continue betting with all his Ax range and maybe even middle pair range (99-55) that we beat on the river. 6 is actually a good card for us as it reduces the combos of sets V could have. If river comes a blank and V checks, I am generally betting large for value as well.

AP call turn and whatever river.


Bet the flop man.

Just based on HH, he hadn't shown any suited connector-ish hands in raised or limped pots. Especially in EP. I shouldn't discount the possibility, but he seemed to be in love with big cards and Ax exclusively. A couple hours is a small sample though, point taken.

I generally like your lines, I guess I'll revert back to ABC and bet all of these flops for value. It seems to be harder than I thought to find spots to balance my range. I was aware of the draws and was prepared to get away if it got too ugly but with the A on the board and the perceived range of both players I thought it was decent spot to mix it up. I agree that the 6 looked like a good card on the turn.