Poker is a game of imperfect information ....usually

1/3 NLHE 9 handed

I just sat down an orbit or two ago and the room is so loud and busy that I put in earbuds and I'm listening to a podcast on dinosaurs. The table is very loose passive and I recognize most of the players as being break-even to losing. I have 500$. Main V covers by about 100$ more.

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H straddles UTG to 6, Main V limps UTG+1 (loose passive mawg, just bleeds down until he hits and then starts piling in money), MP woman limps, BTN limps, SB limps, BB limps, back on us...

...as I'm hearing about pterodactyls, main V lifts up his cards and shows everyone saying something like "but I had such a nice hand!" showing A♠ Q♠ he then goes to chuck his hand, several other players also lift their cards, I lift up my cards having not yet seen them and I have T♣ T♦, the dealer tells us it's not a misdeal (not sure what the confusion was but somehow Main V thought it was a misdeal). No ones hand is considered dead and action is on me. I check. Me and Main V now have our cards face up. There's a reasonable probability that MP, BTN, SB and/or BB saw each others cards but me and Main V didn't and their hands are now face down. 5 ways 3rd to act.

Flop 30 - T♠ 9♦ 3♠

check, check, I bet 25 with one green chip, Main V calls, MP woman calls, BTN calls, SB calls, BB calls! I exclaim "what the --- do you guys have?!"

Turn 155 - 4♥

check, check, I bet 200, main V calls, MP woman calls, BTN folds, SB folds, BB folds

River 755 - 2♥

Hero bets 5$....