Playing AKs (missed flop)

[BelfastTheCat]

I have very mixed opinions on how to play AK when the flop
misses you and you have a single caller to your inital PF
raise. Certainly in literature I have read two opposite
opinions (T.J. Clouiter: 'your done with the hand') and
(Doyle Brunson: 'I fire a pot sized bet when I'm the raiser
regardless of whether the flop hit me or not')


In this particular instance I was very new to the table,
and had no read on the villian. I selected to take an aggressive opening stance and ran into stern resistance.

What are peoples opinions on:
1) Betting into a caller on the missed flop?

2) Amount of the bet (pot sized) into the caller?

3) Letting go of the hand?

thank you for any thoughts.

Party Poker Pot-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (9 handed) converter

BB ($52.85)
UTG ($53.55)
Hero ($48.25)
MP1 ($49.57)
MP2 ($54)
MP3 ($90.6)
CO ($42.6)
Button ($60.1)
SB ($68.65)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]. SB posts a blind of $0.25.
UTG calls $0.50, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $2</font>, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, MP3 calls $2, <font color="#666666">4 folds</font>, UTG calls $1.50.

Flop: ($6.75) 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
UTG checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $6</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP3 raises to $12</font>, UTG folds, Hero folds.

Final Pot: $24.75