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In the trend of 'what's your play' blogging that is going on ... that I extremely enjoy ... I have one of my own that I can put out there to see what is in your playbook. I am a mid-loose-aggressive 1-2, 2-5 player who doesn't mind playing OOP because I play in charity cards rooms where I am quite familiar with the players I am against ... and accept the fact that they are quite familiar with my wide range of opening hands as well. We mostly play 1-2 with stacks of $100 to $400, 10-handed, but the play can be 2-5ish with 4 or 5 of the players since we normally can't get the 2-5 going very much.This hand is about 1.5 hours into a session with very little change at the table. I open UTG with 10c10h to $12 and get 6 callers. Yes, welcome to my world!! I normally get 4 or 5 callers with that opening bet since they 'know' me so well. So we see a Flop of AsKs10d with $84 in the pot. I choose not to slow play this although I might check since I can use my 'rep' to my advantage in these cases, but with 7 people in the hand I lead out with $34 as the SB and BB didn't play. Although $34 is not a huge bet with relation to the pot, it is considered a 'big' bet relative to how most people at the table 'value' their dollars, which is a very important cash game nugget to understand.UTG+1 calls, fold, fold, fold, fold ... Button goes all in for $212!! So I am looking at $178 to call with one behind, who only has $165 in his stack left. How do you approach this 'opportunity'? So I could be calling $178 into what could be a $482 main pot and a $13 side pot. I am getting 3 to 1, which is a decent price. Here's my line of thinking ...A) I was more than likely ahead pre-flop except to maybe the first 2 callers (one of which is still in the hand) as any big pair or even AK or AQ may have 3-bet me pre-Flop with so many callers down the line. Big pair limping runs wild at times in this room!!B) I am against 2 of these 4 hands (maybe all 4 in a sick combo form) ... flush draw, made straight, 2-pair, pair with straight or flush draw.C) I may not be drawing to the best hand even if I am ahead at the moment ... larger full house is possible.D) Although I need both players in the hand to get a good price, I don't really want to go against multiple draws/made hands ... and those hands may have some of my draw cards.E) I REALLY think that UTG+1 is going to call based on smooth call, player knowledge and behavior after the Button all-in.So with all that information ... Do I even consider a fold? I have made some incredible lay downs in front of these people before, but I don't think either of these players is making a move here. I think one of the biggest considerations here is that there are 2 cards coming, not just one. I probably don't put too much consideration into putting chips in here after a blank on the Turn.I will let you know what I did and what the other 2 players had once I get a few responses ... Thanks ...