Blinds getting big with A8 sooted.

[Hendricks433]

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (8 handed) converter

MP2 (t2795)
CO (t1570)
Button (t3015)
Hero (t1505)
BB (t1545)
UTG (t1020)
UTG+1 (t760)
MP1 (t1290)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">6 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t300</font>, BB calls t200.

Flop: (t600) 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero.....Pushes, Checks, Bets a small amount?

[Ogre]

i bet half pot here

[Weatherhead03]

1/2 Pot continuation bet.

[lastchance]

Cont-bet, easy, and half-pot sounds right.

[chisness]

bet 250, checkfold any non A/8 turns if called (and of course fold to push on flop)

edit: how often do players here or suspect other players will push the flop or turn with something like KQ (taking that big of a bluff risk)? is just calling flop then pushing turn if checked to common?

i'd generally play this pretty straightforward, call in bb with A8-AT, 22-66, KJ-KQ, QJs, JTs, T9s and fold missed flops, push reasonably hit ones