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Originally Posted by GalacticRewind
Page 296 - MP with stats of 28/8 open-limps. We are on the button with 97s, and we raise to isolate the limper. I think his preflop stats suggest that he is a calling station postflop. Shouldn't we just limp in behind with this type of hand that has high IO and low showdown equity? It seems to me that the isolation raises against this player should be done when we have hands like KT or AT. If we iso a fish and then try to get him to fold, we are making a mistake, right? (The real point of this section is to explain semi-bluffing, but I think the example implies something more that might not be correct.)
Page 312, Problem 4-1 - This is similar to the one I just wrote above for page 296. We are in the CO with A8s. UTG player has stats of 60/3, high WTSD of 33, low W$SD of 38. He open-limps from UTG, and we isolation-raise with our A8s. This one I am not as sure about, but I guess we are just trying to hit our ace and get paid off well for it. But it seems like we once again have a high-IO hand, so why not just limp in? Also, for this same hand, if we have say 87s, then we should definitely just limp in and not isolation-raise, correct? And if we have say KTo, then we raise, right?
I play anywhere from 200NL to 1kNL and those are all standard isolation spots for me. Sure KT or ATo might be better than 97s but the principle remains the same. You have position, the fish has a weak hand and you don't want to let the blind in for cheap. If you raise pf you can build a pot in position and take it down when you both miss the flop. Another point to take into consideration is that as you move up, the blinds are more likely to be good aggressive players b/c the average player is better when you move up. Any chance to get them out of the pot is a good one and any chance to play against a fish needs to be taken advantage of. A good rule of thumb is that when a fish limps, just ignore him and raise your default range unless the blinds are supper aggro about 3 betting