How would you play this hand?

[DiamondAce]

Middle of a tournament. No read on villain.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t200 (9 handed) internettexasholdem.com

CO (t3030)
Button (t5250)
SB (t6585)
BB (t6055)
UTG (t5080)
Hero (t4315)
MP1 (t1755)
MP2 (t3576)
MP3 (t5480)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
UTG calls t200, Hero calls t200, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, MP2 calls t200, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, Button calls t200, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>.

Flop: (t1100) 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
UTG checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t600</font>, MP2 calls t600, Button folds, UTG calls t600.

Turn: (t2900) 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
UTG checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t1000</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP2 raises to t2776</font>, UTG folds

Hero?

Would you have played it differently at any point? I feel that every decision is questionable.

[Yo Adrians!]

This is an easy preflop fold.

[NorthernGuy]

I'm normally dumping this preflop. That said, I would have slowed down and checked the turn after two callers to your flop bet and saw what the action was from the others.

[TakenItEasy]

I like the limp

I bet 1500 on draw heavy flop with 3 oponents. These cards look really dangerous for a limpers range. You need to eliminate all of the draws and see if there is a 7 out there. Fold to a raise.

As played I really hate this spot. Protecting the hand now can really commit you plus 1 draw got there. Probably check fold.

definately fold after the MP2 raise.

[guaranteedBluff]

I would have open raised - if I had a read on the blinds or table in general - or more likely folded pf.

[mornelth]

Fold preflop...

Flop is ugly - straight and flush draws are likely as well as a set or house may already be out against you. On the flop - bet 1000. If you are called or raised - fold. Your flop bet (1/2 pot) can be interpreted as a "probe" bet, and your turn bet (1/3 pot) looks even weaker. You will probably be raised here as often by any flush draw as by a hand that has you beat. Pot is giving you 3.75:1 on your call so I think you have to call here, but not be happy about it.

[Hthe3rd]

This is the reason I shy away from these hands b/c when you hit an 8 or A on the flop trouble usually looms around the corner. With that being said, the flop here is quite dangerous.

I probably would've have also bet out 3/4 of the pot but after I got two callers checked the turn b/c I'd be quite scared someone was slowplaying trip 7's on the flop or hit the straight on the turn.

All in all, in your position after that raise I am folding immediately.

[mornelth]

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All in all, in your position after that raise I am folding immediately.

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I think the fold in this spot is bad, since hero played both flop and turn very weakly and I'm not convinced he's behind enough to fold getting 3.75:1 on his call.

[Hthe3rd]

I'm folding b/c the hero will still have 13bb left and is almost definitely behind unless MP2 is a donk, in which case may be true because we don't have a read.

Personally though I think that if the villain has k8 or x8 he would've reraised on the flop and if he's got overs and is reraising all in he is a complete moron. The one hand the hero maybe ahead of is if the villain is on the flush draw and is pushing over the top.

[mikeJ]

I fold preflop by a lot. If for whatever reason I'm in the hand, I bet 900 on the flop and play very cautiously if anyone plays along. Turn is an easy fold to his raise.