Starting out in Limit

[SellingtheDrama]

I like that line, its pretty standard - especially if you feel you can get substantial river action (which you did). The other factor is that you have better odds than a naked flush draw - gutshot straight draw helps.

When you see the turn, you are 23.8% against the hands of set deuces/AJ. The first call is automatic (vs a fold), and once it is 3 bets back to you, you know its a 3 way capped pot if you call - so its 3BB to win 15.2 in the pot. That's an acceptable price.

And when we're talking about limit play (this is also true in PLO often, but I digress), it's entirely common to have both players playing a hand correctly when it goes bet-call. Player A is ahead so he is right to bet. Player B is mathematically getting the proper immediate odds to call, so he does. Perfectly normal, happens almost every hand, especially if the pot gets bloated early.