9-Handed. Effective stack 300. I open LJ with AdAc to 15. HJ cold calls. BB calls. Both HJ and BB are strangers to me. My impression is that BB has been active and playing many hands while I was waiting for pocket AA...

Flop (42): 9h8s3h
I cbet 30. HJ calls. BB calls.

Turn (131); 4h
I bet 62. HJ hesitates for seconds and calls. BB check/raise all in for 255. I insta-fold. HJ folds quickly too.


Please critique my play, particularly the following...

1. My flop and turn bet sizes.
2. HJ's range.
3. Can BB have a bluff using hands like AhQd, Ah9, Ah8 here?

check turn after both players call your flop bet

I would check back turn as well, as weak as that may sound. A bit too likely that either of the opponents has you beat here and if they don't, they might not call your bet with worse, with the possible exception of some sort of a combo draw like 9x with one heart etc, which has of course lots of equity against you. If you're behind you have none or just a few outs too. It's not a good situation to be in.

I limp in but that's my style.

SPR is a very awkward ~6 and we're OOP to a player and against unknowns, so kinda meh postflop spot. Board is also extremely drawy, so we're in a meh spot of whether we should be protecting against these draws versus protecting our remaining stack (which will sometimes be difficult to do at this SPR) having given awesome 20:1+ IO preflop.

Anyhoo, I think I'm ok with a solid bet on this drawy flop and see where that gets us.

When I get 2 callers on this flop and one of the main draws gets there, I might be done with the hand. So I'm definitely checking the turn. And as played I'd fold against the single check/raise, let alone the much stronger check/raise with the caller in between.

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I guess my thinking on turn bet was fuzzy. I "planned" to bet/fold in case either of them made a flush, while charging draws like 67s, TJ, X9, A8 in case of no flush.

I definitely check if turn Jh, Th, or 7h as "planned".

Flop bet and size I'm fine with. I'd be betting this flop pretty infrequently with my range so larger sizing definitely in order.

Turn multiway to the obvious draw is a check.

With no information on villain, HJ calling a LJ open should be something like ATs-AQs,KQs, AQo, 55-JJ, a few AXs, some suited connectors.

When he calls the flop, lots could continue. Overpairs, Hearts, JT, 76

These would all be strong bluff candidates for sure, so not impossible. With 2 people already showing interest in the pot on the obvious draw coming in though I would expect this spot to be massively under bluffed, especially against an unknown villain.