PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t20 (10 handed) converter

Button (t1500)
SB (t1500)
Hero (t1500)
UTG (t1500)
UTG+1 (t1500)
UTG+2 (t1500)
MP1 (t1500)
MP2 (t1500)
MP3 (t1500)
CO (t1500)

Preflop: Hero is BB with , .
UTG calls t20, 2 folds, MP1 calls t20, 1 fold, MP3 calls t20, CO calls t20, 1 fold, SB completes, Hero raises to t200, UTG calls t180, MP1 folds, MP3 calls t180, CO folds, SB calls t180.

Flop: (t840) , , (4 players)
SB checks, Hero bets t200, UTG folds, MP3 calls t200, SB folds.

Turn: (t1240) (2 players)
Hero checks, MP3 checks.

River: (t1240) (2 players)
Hero checks, MP3 checks.

Final Pot: t1240

This is the first hand of the SnG so I don't have any reads on anybody. I knew I needed to give a large PF raise to drive people out (which is why I went with 10bb. On the flop I actually thought I was beat, but I wanted to put in a continuation bet (I know, I know) figureing there really is no way with that flop if they call I'm beat...

I got one caller and figured A) he had a K or B) he was on the FD. Since I figured the odds were far better that he had a K then the FD I figured I was beat and resigned myself to check/fold the rest of the hand...When the A hit on the river I really didn't see how he could have called my PF raise and flop bet without either a K or an A (other then FD). The fact that he wasn't betting was screaming weak K...

Comments...

if you are going to raise to 200, why not just push?

And before the parrots start squawking, pushing does not mean you will be in a coinflip position. You are likely to get called by all sorts of pairs you have dominated, and some Ax morons. You can pretty much rule out AA KK and QQ being in the field, and AK is also now unlikely. If called you really only have to worry about AQ. everthing else that limps and calls you, you have by the nuts.

the flop, all you are doing is giving people odds to call you with any draw. I generally do not make continuation bets into 3 or more players.

This flop is particularly problematic because you do not know what a call means, and you in terrible position.

Ummmm.... whats with the pansy bet there? That screams to me I have a good hand that total missed the flop. If you're going to probe here, gotta have a little more balls, like 400ish here IMO. But that's even if you want to bet at all......

I guess I'm in the minority, but I don't see a problem with making a standard raise pf. Its the 1st hand, the blinds aren't worth squat. I think most of the time a raise of 100 achieves the same result as a raise of 200, so I would go with 100.
43% of the time no overcards will hit the flop; if this happens you are poised to scoop with a pot sized bet.
57% of the time there will be at least 1 overcard (Beavis - this would be the argument for playing for a set); often times you can win the pot with a continuation bet, but its got to be at least 1/2 the pot. Overbetting pf makes the post flop play that much more difficult when the overcard hits (which it usually will) - as in this situation where the pot is up to 800 and a cont. bet woul have 40% of your stack in the pot.
In this example the small cont. bet is useless. FD, Kx, QJ and even AT are all going to call and you won't know any better where you are in the hand. All you will know for sure is to fold to a reraise. The flop bet is a waste of chips here - but if you had raised 100 pf, the pot would only be 400 and a 200-250 bet on the flop might have some merit to it (without committing you)... although vs. 3 others this is still an iffy play.