What's the right price to call 3 bets with Tens?

[LotharOfTheHillPeople]

Hollywood Park Casino Los Angeles, CA. 40/80 or 20/40. 2nd position loose aggressive player raises. Immediately to his left ABC player 3 bets. Player after player calls 3 bets to me on the button. I have tens and immediately muck. It occurs to me later that the SB and BB were very loose players who frequently played their blinds regardless of action to call. Later, I realize that calling with those tens meant that I would be seeing a flop with 7 or 8 people 3 bet preflop. Notwithstanding all the logic that those tens are underdogs and could flop a dominated situation (set over set) or a trap draw, what is the right price to play those tens? If not that scenario to gamble, than when? After some deliberation, my conclusion was that I should probably call 2 out of 10 times or so. Any thoughts?

[The Dude]

If your calling 3 cold means you'll see the flop 7-8 handed on average, you should be calling every time, regardless of whether or not you expect it to be capped. If there's going to be 5 people seeing the flop, I'm calling 3 cold w/ TT.

[Smasharoo]

Call three cold with TT? I can't see that being +EV long term.

[Stork]

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Call three cold with TT? I can't see that being +EV long term.

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It is if you have 7-8 players calling along with you.

[CDs_Nts]

If the LAG raises from EP, the ABC player is right to 3-bet with a hand like AT or KJ. How can you assume you're beaten here? Even if you think you might be, and it seems like you're going to see the flop 7-8 handed, and you're in position, and you have the 5th best possible hand, how can you lay it down? If I knew that this was going to be 7-8 handed, I have odds to call with a variety of hands, much less a high pocket pair. If anything higher than a 10 flops (except KQJ, QJ9, etc..) you can get away cheap. Seems like a good game to be in to me, but if you're afraid of too much action, a tighter table would probably be more profitable for you.