Would you play it like this?

I'm specifically interested in what you'd do on the flop - I am fine with the pre-flop play. Given how many flat calls I got pre-flop, I guessed someone had a legit high pair, and wasn't going away, so there was no point throwing money down the drain.

***** Hand History for Game 1565027654 *****
$25 NL Hold'em - Wednesday, February 09, 14:59:39 EDT 2005
Table comedy of error (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 7: stressball10 ( $39.45 )
Seat 3: Steamer46 ( $25.2 )
Seat 1: Only420 ( $47.58 )
Seat 4: edwzipper ( $34.3 )
Seat 10: TheMaster219 ( $28.2 )
Seat 8: Galehuset ( $29.75 )
Seat 6: JC18316 ( $29.92 )
Seat 9: poker4life10 ( $31.55 )
Seat 5: crackfysh ( $20.75 )
Seat 2: Brimanis ( $13.7 )
JC18316 posts small blind [$0.25].
stressball10 posts big blind [$0.5].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to stressball10 [ Ah Kd ]
Galehuset raises [$1].
poker4life10 calls [$1].
Only420 folds.
Brimanis folds.
Steamer46 folds.
edwzipper calls [$1].
crackfysh calls [$1].
JC18316 calls [$0.75].
stressball10 raises [$3.5].
Galehuset calls [$3].
poker4life10 calls [$3].
edwzipper calls [$3].
crackfysh calls [$3].
JC18316 folds.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 3d, 7c, 9c ]
stressball10 checks.
edwzipper: nice flop
edwzipper: LMAO
stressball10: not so much
Galehuset is all-In [$25.75]
stressball10: I'm just wondering what the hell all the rest of you had that made it a good idea to call that re-raise
poker4life10 folds.
edwzipper folds.
stressball10: and I think I'm about to fold rather than finding out
crackfysh folds.
stressball10: I'm guessing our friend here has a high pair, which I don't
stressball10 folds.
Galehuset shows [ Qc, Qs ] a pair of queens.
Galehuset wins $45.7 from the main pot with a pair of queens.

Yeah, I think you played it right.

Yea great fold you missed and hes not gonna lay his QQ nice fold.

I'd play it the same on the flop: bluffing 4 players when you are the first to act has got to be a money loser, and obviously you can't call his bet with nothing

One thing I would have done diffrent is raise more pre-flop. There was $5 in the pot before you bet, I would have raised to at least $5. With this many people in the hand it is likley someone has a strong pocket pair, but you can be sure no more than one or two people have you beat at the moment.

This brings me to a couple of points/ questions:
1. A little bit more of a raise preflop might have been what the doc ordered, not that QQ is going to lay down preflop but AKo is a better opponent in a heads up type atmosphere.
2. Would just checking preflop be a bad move here? A raise preflop usually means you have at least one Ace in your hand (typically speaking) and it wont be very costly if you miss the flop. Since you raised preflop it gave Mr. QQ the initive to push on the flop since there was actually money in the pot to be won. I also feel a check here would open some doors to see a cheap turn and river, yes there where many limpers in the hand but that could also mean that a lot of the cards you need to come are used up. I know these two situations i listed above contradicted eachother but one or the other could have been made. I think if you would have checked preflop this would have accomplished two things, getting a cheap turn and river, and also switching gears. I dont think your play was wrong, just giving you different options to think about. Great fold on the flop!!!

This brings me to a couple of points/ questions:
1. A little bit more of a raise preflop might have been what the doc ordered, not that QQ is going to lay down preflop but AKo is a better opponent in a heads up type atmosphere.
2. Would just checking preflop be a bad move here? A raise preflop usually means you have at least one Ace in your hand (typically speaking) and it wont be very costly if you miss the flop. Since you raised preflop it gave Mr. QQ the initive to push on the flop since there was actually money in the pot to be won. I also feel a check here would open some doors to see a cheap turn and river, yes there where many limpers in the hand but that could also mean that a lot of the cards you need to come are used up. I know these two situations i listed above contradicted eachother but one or the other could have been made. I think if you would have checked preflop this would have accomplished two things, getting a cheap turn and river, and also switching gears. I dont think your play was wrong, just giving you different options to think about. Great fold on the flop!!!

This brings me to a couple of points/ questions:
1. A little bit more of a raise preflop might have been what the doc ordered, not that QQ is going to lay down preflop but AKo is a better opponent in a heads up type atmosphere.
2. Would just checking preflop be a bad move here? A raise preflop usually means you have at least one Ace in your hand (typically speaking) and it wont be very costly if you miss the flop. Since you raised preflop it gave Mr. QQ the initive to push on the flop since there was actually money in the pot to be won. I also feel a check here would open some doors to see a cheap turn and river, yes there where many limpers in the hand but that could also mean that a lot of the cards you need to come are used up. I know these two situations i listed above contradicted eachother but one or the other could have been made. I think if you would have checked preflop this would have accomplished two things, getting a cheap turn and river, and also switching gears. I dont think your play was wrong, just giving you different options to think about. Great fold on the flop!!!

why did it send three times???