Live 2/3 - AKo OTB with lots of preflop action--what to do?

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Live 2/3 - AKo OTB with lots of preflop action--what to do?

Live 2/3 my stack is about 350ish.

UTG opens to 10, which is small for the table's usual 15+ dollar open, Two to his left 3bets to 30 (again small raise for the table since a usual 3b will be to around 50), HJ and CO cold call the 30. I look down at AKo.

Pretty confused about what to do in this spot, and its made more confusing by the small bet sizing. Some people will open to 30 at this casino, so when HJ (who is a calling station) calls, and CO call, i dont think they're overtly strong, and moreso have hands they 'want to see a flop with'. CO is an older man who pretty much limp calls anything.

Had the action gone: UTG open 15, MP2 3b to 50, and HJ and CO both call 50, i'd feel a lot better about this spot, but the small sizing makes it weird because it widens HJ and CO range quite a bit.

I elect to 4b here on the button; I raise to 150 hoping to go heads up to a flop, or better yet, take it down preflop.
Folds to 3bettor who calls, HJ calls, CO folds. 3 ways to the flop.

What are your thoughts on this 4b? I think calling sucks because we give SB and BB a free ticket to call pretty much, and then we play AKo in a 6 or 7 ways, which isnt ideal. I think AKs you could make the case for calling here since it plays much better postflop, but offsuit i feel we need to thin out the field. Although UTG opens, he's a rec player meaning his 10 dollar raise means he's probably decently weak, and he's not really thinking about his position and what not.

On to the flop

Flop comes Q33r - pot $490
MP2 checks, HJ checks, and now what do i do here?

This is a really hard spot for me, I cant imagine MP2 has a small pair, so his range is probably TT+, AK, AQs? (AK and AQs are very low probability holdings IMO, but possibly worth considering). AA and KK he'd likely jam pre, since he isn't playing very deep, and we also block AA/KK. HJ can have lots of hands seeing as he's a station and "was getting priced in", but likely holdings are smaller pocket pairs or maybe suited aces?

Do i jam here for my remaining 200 repping the overpair/queens? I can't see getting both to fold on this particular flop--i have no 3's in my range, and even though my likely holdings would be AA/KK/QQ hands like JJ could find a call because 'i put you on AK'. On such a dry board i would probably check Aces and Kings a decent amount here too.

Really curious for some input here both preflop and postflop.
Thanks

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