[triplc]

Once you've decided to play AJo in middle position, and you have two early position callers, you really need to make people pay to see the flop. AJo is not a hand that really wants to see a flop, and if it does, it wants to do so against 1 opponent.

I would have had trouble going all-in here not because of the flush draw possibility, but because there are 5 people in this pot and I now have to worry about AT, 44, TT (and these crazy party people might even play T4s in the BB against a min raise with 5 people in).

Would you have been as reluctant to go all-in against 1 opponent? 2?

Personally, I would raise this up to 4-5xBB to narrow the field or I would fold it pre-flop. AJo, as you found out, is a very tough hand to play in a 5-way pot. I don't have a big problem with the pot-sized bet. Maybe you could have gone to a slightly bigger (pot * 1.5?) bet to reduce the pot odds even further, but I don't have a big problem with your play on the flop. It's the preflop play that is your issue, in my opinion.

Disclaimer: The preceding advice was delivered by a relative poker newbie...feel free to disagree, flame, ignore, or (gulp) heed at your own risk.

CCC