350/1100 people in tournament. Bubble is 198. Average chipstack is ~4500 and rapidly increasing

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t200 (8 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

Button (t655)
Hero (t3871)
BB (t12939)
UTG (t1715)
UTG+1 (t8055)
MP1 (t3490)
MP2 (t790)
CO (t3047)

Preflop: Hero is SB with A, J.
4 folds, CO raises to t600, 1 fold, Hero calls t500, 1 fold.

Flop: (t1275) 8, K, 5 (2 players)
Hero bets t800, CO raises to t2422, Hero folds.

Final Pot: t4497

Results in white below:
No showdown. CO wins t4497.


Should I have folded preflop? Raised? Given that I called, was my raise on the flop too weak (I wanted to buy the pot w/o getting committed)

I fold this PF. The last thing you want to do is waste chips on an OK Ace out of position when the flops going to miss you 2/3 times. Save the 500 chips, and don't be forced into check-fold.

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