I limped because of the loose BB who had been calling the majority of hands.
Limping this is fine
I didn't want to scare him off/fold in the hopes that I did hit a set. I figured by doing this I had a better shot at building my chip stack and maybe knocking out a player or two.
They have both raised, you won't scare anyone off, they just told you they like their hands. get it in now before a scare card hits, or charge them for draws if they want to chase it.
A 2-3x BB raise would have been better to show that I had a solid hand but I didn't want to convey that to him or the other players.
Don't worry about what other players think, most of them are incapable of looking beyond their cards. just raise when you have it, keep it simple. and don't overthink things. All i'm thinking about when i hit trips here on a draw heavy board against weak players is how to get the money in before the river/before a bad card hits that puts me in a tough situation where i might have to fold/get bluffed.
My thinking was cheap flop, then, if you hit, SLOW ROLL (except I bet out first, lol, oh boy). If you miss the flop, check through the hand unless someone raises. In that case, easy muck.
There's a time and place for slowplaying, here the board is wet, and draw heavy. there's an ace on the board, bad players tend to overvalue Ax type hands, and will not fold them postflop. You have two players that have raised you, telling you that they have a hand that they like. this is the perfect time not to slowplay but to put a big committing bet out there so your decision on turns is really easy, you could even shove here if you wanted, i'd prefer to make it like 6-700 here and expect calls almost 100% of the time, if not get shoved on.
With the amount of post-flop action, I figured it was likely that at least one opponent had a flush draw or maybe Ax.
Confirms that slowplaying here isn't the best route.
I wanted to put the pressure on the other two and just ship it once I put them on the hands just mentioned above. Probably better odds against one though instead of two.
Ya, but you called the original raise, and you were lucky that it got re-raised back, most of the time he just calls there and we face a tough turn if a diamond hits.
Maybe just a call after BB reraised to t120 post flop would have been safer? All I thought was "I have the best hand, I know what they have, make them make the tough decision and just shove it in." Didn't think about odds of both of them hitting.
This is called being "results orientated", you have the best hand on the flop nearly 100% of the time here, usually in these spots you are up against Ax type hands, or draws, or combinations of both, we have tons of equity against that, plus even if someone turns a flush, we still have outs to the full house . getting it in on this flop against two players is absolutely fine