AT on multiway AQQ flop

[hockey1]

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Preflop: Hero is Button with A/images/graemlins/heart.gif, T/images/graemlins/diamond.gif. MP3 posts a blind of $15.
UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, UTG+2 folds, MP1 folds, MP2 calls, MP3 (poster) checks, CO folds, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, SB folds, BB calls, MP2 calls, MP3 calls.

Flop: (8.66 SB) Q/images/graemlins/club.gif, A/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, Q/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
BB checks, MP2 checks, MP3 checks, Hero checks.

Turn: (4.33 BB) A/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
BB checks, <font color="#CC3333">MP2 bets</font>, MP3 folds, Hero calls, BB folds.

River: (6.33 BB) 4/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">MP2 bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, MP2 calls.

Final Pot: 10.33 BB

Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
MP2 has Kh Qd (full house, queens full of aces).
Hero has Ah Td (full house, aces full of queens).
Outcome: Hero wins 10.33 BB. </font>

[James282]

I'd vastly prefer betting the flop, and if suspicious of a Q, checking behind the turn. There are just too many hands that have a fair amount of outs that may fold the flop(gutshots come to mind), or pay 1 bet to see the turn. In most instances, you are giving a free card far more than you're getting one. Against 3 opponents, the flop is a must-bet IMO.
-James