Cbetting vs more than one opponent is tough! You need to consider how 4,6,8.. cards connect with the flop!
It depends on the game your in, stack depth etc but some guidelines to keep you out of trouble..
1. Only do it in position
2. Only do it on the driest of boards, Q96r is way too too connected (write a list of all the
hands that make open ended or gutshot straight draws, there's a lot! especially when each one could be held by each of your opponents) .. Q72 maybe and paired boards like QQ3 which are hard to hit
3. Why turn AK into a
bluff? You have good show down value and 2 juicy overs to hit and value bet on if you do, better hands to cbet are junky draws like Th8h which can fold to a check raise or better draws that can call and see a turn like JdTd.
Looking at this flop vs two villains..
Let's give them a wide fishy defending range (assuming they 3-bet "top" hands like AQ+ TT etc.)
99-88,66-22,A9s-A2s,K9s-K7s,QTs-Q8s,J8s+,T9s,ATo-A2o,KJo-K7o,Q9o+,J9o+,T8o+,97o+,86o+,75o+,65o,54o
Assuming they'll continue with any pair or draw they'll each continue nearly 50% of the time! (16% of the time they'll have a pair, 11% an open ender, 13% a gutshot), so you are getting called by one of them virtually every time and both a quarter of the time!
So
NO this is NOT a profitable cbet! (Especially considering their ranges hit this flop a lot harder than AK does!)
