Playing a set Early in a multiway pot

[WCGRider]

I wanted to extract value here but was also worried about a better hand, how do you play this hand?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (9 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

MP3 (t3860)
CO (t4105)
Button (t1110)
SB (t3020)
BB (t1435)
UTG (t3830)
UTG+1 (t4385)
MP1 (t875)
Hero (t5100)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, MP1 calls t30, Hero|MPB calls t30, MP3 calls t30, CO calls t30, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, BB checks.

Flop: (t165) Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(5 players)</font>
BB checks, MP1 checks, Hero|MPB checks, MP3 checks, <font color="#CC3333">CO bets t90</font>, BB folds, MP1 calls t90, Hero|MPB calls t90, MP3 folds.

Turn: (t435) 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">MP1 bets t30</font>, Hero|MPB calls t30, <font color="#CC3333">CO raises to t270</font>, MP1 folds, <font color="#CC3333">Hero|MPB raises to t630</font>, <font color="#CC3333">CO raises to t3985</font>, Hero|MPB calls t3385.

River: (t8435) T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>

Final Pot: t8435

[BlueEcho]

Lead flop for 125. There is more value in leading all streets then slowplaying a set here. Also with that many people in the hand and a 2-flush on the board you should be making them pay to draw on you.

[Offspring6767]

It looks like this guy has a pair of queens. I also think its possible that he has a set, but the turn raise was pretty large for someone slowplaying a set.

All that aside, I think you should lead the flop. I find that leading into multiple opponents often causes people to go crazy with their top pair hands. Also, you want the straight and flush draws to pay. A check-raise could be a viable play as well, but I don't really like check-raising just because it shows a lot of strength, and people are likely to be more cautious on later streets.

However, I have a suspicion that he had 55, or 44 here for some reason.

[kniper]

lead flop. you want to build the pot and charge draws

[Borys313]

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lead flop. you want to build the pot and charge draws

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Yes, especially in limped pots its good to lead with sets, someone will protect his top pair hand with raising and thats exactly what you want.

[Cornell Fiji]

This hand was played horribly.

Lead for 3/4-full pot on the flop
Lead for 3/4-full pot on the turn
Shove river

Do not slowplay your monsters, you need to build a pot with your big hands to stack off people with second best hands.

[All_In_Olly]

With that many players and the flush risk I lead strongly with bottom (or any) set.

[Nogatsira]

What an ugly turnplay.. you call a retarded nitbet, then someone raises you and then you reraise him again.
The entire hand looks like crap to me, play agressive poker!