should I have checked this flop?

no reads.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (9 handed) converter

UTG+1 (t1955)
MP1 (t1815)
MP2 (t1655)
MP3 (t3145)
Hero (t2500)
Button (t2220)
SB (t1810)
BB (t4190)
UTG (t1365)

Preflop: Hero is CO with Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, MP1 calls t50, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, MP3 calls t50, Hero calls t50, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, SB completes, BB checks.

Flop: (t250) K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(5 players)</font>
SB checks, BB folds, MP1 checks, MP3 checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t150</font>, SB folds, MP1 folds, MP3 folds.

Final Pot: t400

-Thanks,
Mike

no, if nobody has a piece of this flop nobody will give you action later in the hand unless they turn a set.

[UncleSalty]

I think I throw in an overbet here, say $300-$350 representing TPGK trying to push out a draw. Your only hope of making money on this scary board is if someone already has a solid hand anyway. Hope for K8, A8, or the double gutter to be out there and go for it.

Depending on the stakes you are playing, this is a rare situation where I think I might actually minbet to build the pot a little, hoping to induce a bluff and get someone else with a 4-flush draw or a decent ace to come along. With you limping in, your raise looks like you might be protecting a baby flush, since you could have easily limped some low suited connectors from CO. Also, with a minbet, someone might think you have a weak hand and try to make a move on you with air. So if it was me, I'd probably minbet. I don't think checking is a bad play either.

At least in lower stakes, you can get away with that kind of play.