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While this is true, at least one of the players

While this is true, at least one of the players has him beat quite often. Had only the first player gone all-in, calling would have been standard with Q-Q, as the first pusher needn’t have that strong a hand. When the second player goes all-in, you can be sure he either has a monster draw or two pair or better. The first pusher had A-J and the second had 6-6, winning him the pot. In order to overcall, which means calling a bet and a call, you need a much stronger hand than normal. In general, you should continuation-bet less as more players see a flop. If there are three players, counting yourself, you should tend to bet all flops that usually hit your range of hands when you are bluffing. Suppose you raise from early position with J-10, the button calls and the big blind calls. The flop comes A-9-3. This flop is pretty good for your early-position raising range, so go ahead and bet. You should usually check if the board comes 7-6-5. If you hit a hand like top pair or better, you should be happy to bet. You can also get away with continuation-betting with weaker hands, like middle or bottom pair, that you would normally check heads-up because if someone plays back at you in a multi-way pot, you can be fairly certain he actually has the hand he’s representing.

You should play more straightforwardly as more opponents see the flop.

You should play more straightforwardly as more opponents see the flop. Once four players see the flop, I only continuation-bet with my made hands. Even if the flop comes A-x-x and I should have a lot of aces in my range, I will still check-fold if I miss. The idea that people usually play straightforwardly in multi-way pots can be turned upside down from time to time to gain you a lot of chips. Suppose everyone has 150BBs and someone raises from middle position, the cutoff calls and you call from the small blind with 8-7. The flop comes K-5-2. You check and the initial raiser bets. The cutoff thinks for a while and calls. This is a spot, especially if you know both players are fairly weak, where you should consider raising.