[HokieGreg]

Dave,

The problem with flat-calling A8 or worse oop is that you will either miss the flop entirely or flop worse than top pair and have to play the rest of the hand passively oop most likely. You are more likely to flop top pair or a good draw with hands like JT/109/QJ/KT (these are the kinds of hands that I like to flat call oop).