AKs flop decision

[daveT]

With so many callers in the pot on this somewhat drawy board, I would like to call and see the turn before I decide on further action. There is no point jamming up for someone elses fd. Also, you are not protecting your hand at all here. If you call, and raise the turn if you can win with showdown merits, you can go ahead and raise, because at this point you would be offering less odds.

Also, the CO bet may mean something like: I can beat this board, but if I had two diamond overs, I would be betting here.

I don't think that this kind of game is meritous to the free-card play. Apparently people are here to gamble, and that means tripping over themselves to build a nice payday.