Common situation AQ raised preflop...

[crazygoose]

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (10 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

UTG ($40.5)
UTG+1 ($77.95)
UTG+2 ($36.26)
MP1 ($57.85)
MP2 ($41.26)
Hero ($88.4)
CO ($50.9)
Button ($47.5)
SB ($89.45)
BB ($49.38)

Preflop: Hero is MP3 with Q/images/graemlins/club.gif, A/images/graemlins/spade.gif. SB posts a blind of $0.25.
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, UTG+1 calls $0.50, UTG+2 calls $0.50, MP1 calls $0.50, MP2 calls $0.50, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $2.5</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Button calls $2.50, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, UTG+1 calls $2, UTG+2 calls $2, MP1 calls $2, MP2 folds.

Flop: ($13.75) 7/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 3/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 2/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(5 players)</font>
UTG+1 checks, UTG+2 checks, MP1 checks, Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">Button bets $5</font>, UTG+1 folds, UTG+2 folds, MP1 calls $5, Hero folds.

Turn: ($23.75) 3/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">MP1 bets $20</font>, Button folds.

Final Pot: $43.75

Do I semibluff this flop or what? I hate getting into these situations and I never know what the profitable play is. Does anyone play this a certain way. PS One of the villains (the eventual winner) is a 78/6 over 63 hands. So he might chase?? I dunno. Any advice would help.

[Ghazban]

With that many people seeing the flop, check/fold is perfectly fine when you miss. If there are 3 or less opponent's seeing the flop, continuation betting is often correct. I'd make a continuation bet most often with only one opponent and less often with each additional opponent. By the time there are 4 other people in, my continuation bet percentage is very close to 0.

[crazygoose]

thanks for clearing that up.

[-Skeme-]

Raise more preflop.

[crazygoose]

Do you think this makes the pot too big for a believable semibluff on the flop or no?