Did i Donk this up?

[cferejohn]

I hope raising A8s in EP isn't part of what you consider "playing tight". Unless your table is super tight and/or giving your raises a lot of respect, I'm mucking A8s out of position without much thought.

Once you get to the flop, I think you should bet the flop *unless* you are willing to play this hand for all your chips (i.e. your plan is to check-call anything, including all-in, which might be a reasonable line against a loose-aggressive villan).

Since you are asking the question, I assume that is not the case, so I think you should bet out on the flop to see where you are. If villan is reasonable, his most likely holding to be calling an EP raise with is a small to medium pair. He'll probably fold that to a flop bet (assuming of course he didn't catch a set).

Back to the matter at hand, some kind of read would be nice. Given how many chips are in the pot, he's probably only making this bet when he thinks he has you beat, since you've only got to call another 2800 into a pot that has over 10K in it. You're getting 4-1. Do you have him beat 1 time in 5? Honestly, I think that's right on the edge. I think I'd fold just because I can't imagine what he'd play this way that you beat. Is he really making this bet with JJ or TT?

Not sure what the key fact was, unless it is some kind of read on villan.