$300 live tourney multiway spot

I don't like check folding here at this stage and stack depths. I think we need to be gii with initiative. I was in a similar spot recently and saw (to your flop) something similar to 99 and A8 bdfd. Also in this situation bu could be stealing and the bb could be protecting his 99 by shoving knowing that bu os stealing and you're very likely to be checking over cards multi-way.

Very tough spot. I don't think BTN will be attempting to steal much on this flop given it smacks the BB range and SB can easily have flopped a set or a pair with a gutter.

BTN can have a set or 54s two pair. BTN can also have 8Xs with a gutter or overcard.

The problem is that BB can't be on a draw really. It can be 2 pair, a set, 99 maybe TT (but I think BB jams preflop mostly with these type of hands), or again an 8Xs (like A8s). In theory BB could be jamming with 8x hands because the next card would be bad so calling sucks.

I would prefer to have bet the flop and then see two raises (then I likely fold) or a call and then a jam (which is not easy to decide what to do either).

When I call here with KK oddly I rarely win. But it is hard to fold especially because we under-repped our hand...

One of the reasons I typically call is that it tilts me really badly if I fold and would have won the hand. I never do well after that.

We got less than 3 SPR and an extremely good overpair. It's not ideal because of the nut or even outdraw possibilities, but I don't see how we can fold. We're only dead to 76s, and with the SPR going to the flop, BB should probably be getting in any 8x he gets to the flop with.

Button's stack probably matters somewhat. If button overcalls you're not feeling great-- I think that's when you're looking at two pair plus-- but this is also a bet size button would likely choose with 99-JJ, A8s, 87s. 88 probably bets smaller or checks with such a lock on the board. Maybe 55/44 bet that big, or 76s unblocking top pair.

I'd need some specific reads the players in question were tight to fold here.

Agree with other posters that we can't fold, though it's gross. BB can have 99/TT and BU can have any number of pair + draw combinations we are ahead of. We can also suck out on two pair and if it's a 3 way all in we need only about 30% equity with the dead money.

Result: I made a bad fold, BB had 98s and BU had 99

Why check flop? Unless it’s to induce this sort of spew?

I usually check range multi-way from EP unless it’s a board where I have big range advantage like AKx. Sometimes I’ll deviate from that if there’s big fish in the hand but BU is a good reg and he has all the sets and the straight when I only have top set so he can put a lot of pressure on me if I stab