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Why not 3 bet the flop? You have a great draw with a nut flush draw and two overcards. The overcards are vunerable outs and with such a large pot knocking out the BB is a great idea if it increases your chance to win the pot. Man do I sound like Ed Miller.

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As you noticed your overcards are dominated by the PF raiser if he has AA,QQ or AK. You will also still be behind if you spike your A or Q and he has JJ.

The only reasonable PF raising hands that UTG might have, that you beat if you pair your A or Q are KK or TT, so you should heavily discount your outs to top pair.

Also it is likely that BB is going to be contributing some dead money in this hand, so you want to keep him in to help build up the pot, for the times you make your flush.

BB is probably calling with something like Jx, a smaller pocket pair, a weaker flush draw or a straight draw.

It is unlikely that he would have a better kicker (or higher pair) to beat us if we paired either our A or Q, so we dont really improve our chances of winning the pot if we drive him out.