Time to push an Ax ??

[Wevie]

Party 10+1

All playing good poker, Villain has been doing a lot of stealing.

***** Hand History for Game 2440388541 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $10 Buy-in + $1 Entry Fee Trny:14344703 Level:4 Blinds(50/100) - Thursday, July 28, 21:51:16 EDT 2005
Table Table 11044 (Real Money)
Seat 7 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 10: lilfishy2 ( $505 )
Seat 1: AstroWars ( $2350 )
Seat 3: HERO ( $530 )
Seat 9: IIsiah_00 ( $1565 )
Seat 7: DeathByPoker ( $650 )
Seat 8: elmoluvsSCI ( $2400 )
Trny:14344703 Level:4
Blinds(50/100)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO [ Ah 3h ]
lilfishy2 folds.
AstroWars raises [250].
HERO is all-In [530]
DeathByPoker folds.
elmoluvsSCI folds.
IIsiah_00 folds.
AstroWars calls [280].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 4h, 8d, 8h ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 6s ]
** Dealing River ** [ Ks ]
AstroWars shows [ Qh, Jc ] a pair of eights.
HERO shows [ Ah, 3h ] a pair of eights.
HERO wins 1210 chips from the main pot with a pair of eights with ace kicker.
Game #2440391148 starts.


Risky with the 2.5 BB bet or am I in a spot where I have to push it?

[Quercus]

Fold.

A3 is a good hand to push from the CO or Button in an unopened pot. It is not a good hand to come over the top with when someone else open-raises.

[Wevie]

Even if this has been his standard play in this position last couple times around the table?