Live 4-8 Kill. No reads on Villain, or on the table. Table is playing somewhat tight. Often a raiser vs BB. Flop bet is often enough to take down a 4-5 way hand.

Kill is on. Hero has A9o in the HJ.

Pre: UTG calls, fold, fold, Hero raises, folded around to UTG, who calls. Headsup.

Flop (2 player, 4 SB after drop): A, K, 10 rainbow. Villain checks, Hero bets, UTG check-raises, Hero calls.

Turn (4 BB): 3 completes the rainbown. Villain bets, Hero calls.

River: (6 BB): 8. Villain bets, Hero calls.

How is the iso raise with A9o from the HJ? On the flop, I figure I'm WA/WB. Not thrilled with my 9 kicker. But ain't layin down top pair. Was WA/WB the right move or should I have pushed top pair harder? 3bet flop, lead turn?

Oh, I know these tight tables - I often end up spewing bets vs these guys who like to limp/call AJ/AQ/KQ utg - the isolating TAG's kryptonite. If the player is passive type, you should fold the turn. If he's an "active" type then call down the flop c/r. (vs unknown just call down )
The passive type usually has a big ace or better, while the active guy is the type where you can put weaker pair+gutshot hands into their range and profitably call down. I would fold a 99 or worse vs either player though.
Who is the killer in the hand? The iso-raise is OK with the extra dead money...depending on the killer's position and profile.

Pre-flop is fine. On the flop it makes a difference if you are the kill as UTG will put you on wide range and his C/R then has a wider range. But in any case the rest of the hand is played fine IMO.

[EDIT: Actually I think UTG will put you on wide range if either he or you is kill.]

fwiw the position of the limper matters to me quite a bit when executing an iso. Like I wouldn't iso an utg limper with K7s unless I knew utg to be awful and playing the same range everywhere.

I also do not think about this an iso raise. Standard open OTB with 1 limper behind. Not that different than the K9o hand I posted the other day(except limped since muliway… but I’d have popped it just the same here).

As played I think this is fine. KJ, KQ, and JT are all totally plausible hands for an UTG limper to c/r barrel and that's enough for me.

At this room, the killer doesn't post. So "who is the killer" is irrelevant.

After the drop, it's pretty much my money vs his money. Not much overlay from the blinds ($2).

In these table conditions, this absolutely was an iso raise in a kill pot. Raises weren't getting much action without a kill. I was pretty certain the raise was going to buy me the button (even without great reads to my left).

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