Preflop and flop are fine; the turn stab is the only real leak and should either be checked more often multiway or sized bigger when we do bluff.
Flop Analysis
Checking with our gutshot in a 3‑way pot is the right baseline — multiway, out of position, and on a semi‑wet texture, our overall strategy should be very check‑heavy and let the preflop raiser decide how much to invest.
**Board:** This texture gives the button plenty of top pair, overpairs, strong draws and backdoor draws, while our range from the small blind contains more medium pairs and random broadways that mostly want to control pot size.
**Ranges:** In a heads‑up sim our exact hand can mix some small bets as a deceptive semi‑bluff, but adding the big blind makes continuation betting with range and with our specific combo less attractive — there are two players who can have Qx, 9x, 6x and the strong draws, so our fold equity drops.
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> **Takeaway:** Multiway and out of position on a semi‑wet board, lean heavily on checking and realize equity with your weaker draws instead of seeding bloated pots.
Turn Analysis
The turn stab with a small size is the one questionable decision — betting is fine in principle, but multiway we either want to check more often or choose a larger, more polar size when we do bluff.
**Board:** The paired turn card reduces the number of strong top‑pair‑only hands but strongly favors anyone holding 6x, full houses, or slow‑played overpairs; we remain on pure high card plus gutshot, still losing to any pair or better.
**Ranges:** After flop checks through, the button’s range is somewhat weighted to medium strength (Qx that pot‑controls, 9x, pocket pairs, some 6x and slowplays, plus floats), while the big blind still has plenty of random pairs and draws. A small bet 3BB into ~7BB doesn’t credibly represent strong trips/boats and won’t fold out many better hands — Qx, 9x, pocket pairs and decent 6x continue comfortably, and even a lot of underpairs are indifferent.
**Sizing:** Heads‑up, solvers tend to use a bigger, more polar size with this combo to leverage fold equity versus the capped part of villain’s range. In this 3‑way spot, if we choose to bluff, a larger size does a better job of pressuring one‑pair hands; the small probe essentially bloats the pot without meaningfully increasing folds.
**Plan:** Given that we retain only a gutshot and no made hand, constructing our strategy as mostly check‑and‑realize with occasional well‑sized bluffs would keep our line healthier. Once we use the smaller sizing and get called, we arrive on the river with a hand that can only give up versus continued aggression.
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> **Takeaway:** On paired boards multiway, either check and realize with weak draws or bluff with a size that actually pressures pairs — small, low‑fold‑equity probes just tax your own stack.
Note: Turn bet sizing is too small and somewhat unnecessary multiway; checking more often or using a bigger polar size when bluffing would be higher EV.
River Analysis
Checking river after our turn semi‑bluff gets called is mandatory — we still only have high card, the board now allows full houses, and the button’s calling range contains mostly pairs and better that won’t fold often enough to a bet. If the button bets, we should generally fold, as our hand functions as a pure give‑up with no made value and no relevant blocker edge on this runout.