Common No Limit Situation

[SmegmaBear]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned thinking about why the BB would bet as opposed to not betting. It's a raised pot with an ace on the flop and he has 4 people still to act behind him (including the UTG preflop raise). If I'm in the BB and I flop anything interesting I will try and check raise: hope preflop raiser continuation bets, others call behind, then I can come over the top and win more money than if I bet out 1/2-pot.

If I was him I would hope to check raise with a large range of hands: AA, 88, 77, A8, A7, 87, 9hTh, 6h5h, 9h6h, 9hJh, 6hTh, Ahxh

Are there too many callers for a good preflop raiser to make a continuation bet here w/o AQ or AK?

I think the BB bet signals a weaker hand, more like A9-AQ trying to figure out where he stands in the hand vs. the preflop raise.

Under this thinking, I would reraise in this spot as the original raiser.