Quote Originally Posted by Chopper
Quote Originally Posted by EzDuzIt
isolating is almost always going to be better than limping behind or "hiding" or w/e youre talking about
you are probably right. but, that said...

i dont play up high. therefore, i get called by a lot when i raise a lot. maybe i should raise larger amounts, but, when my 67s gets called HU, its not good. same for 44, 8Ts, KTo, etc....all the stuff you may isolate with. and, it requires more cbetting. once your cbets get called frequently, floated, or even raised, you are put to tough decisions with marginal hands that, imo, you shouldnt have been raising in the first place.

its simply easier on the decision making to limp behind, or "hide" as i call it. do it with good multiway holdings, and allow all the other fish in. once you hit your hand, you have NO trouble building pots. you keep bad flops small. you build big ones when you like to. simple way to carry a solid winrate at microstakes.

by saying that you SHOULD be isolating, while correct, is not taking into account OP's, or mine for that matter, skill levels post flop. i will tell anyone that i'm not a great post flop player. therefore, isolating tends to get me into trouble. i isolate less often, and that allows me to get better at my pace.

OP may want to isolate, maybe not. but, HE must assess HIS post flop level. isolating solely because its the most +EV decision is not the reason, imo, to do it all of a sudden. it may not be the most EV for HIM.

yes, isolation is the way to go, but i think we need to take into account our own skill levels before we just say to ourselves, "im isolating from now on."

just wanted to add that.
if hes going to call you with lots of weak hands preflop that is a good thing for isolating. not a reason to limp. if there are already a couple limpers or a limper and some really loose guys behind still then it might be better to limp with certain hands when its almost always going to be multiway, but if you are going to be hu mostly then isolate.