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  1. #1
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    Default Isolate here?

    I don't like putting a lot of my chips at risk early on but should I have pushed to isolate here?

    PokerStars Game #3013818547: Tournament #14885908, Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2005/11/09 - 14:27:52 (ET)
    Table '14885908 16' Seat #7 is the button
    Seat 1: Viper_x (125 in chips)
    Seat 3: ignored (5195 in chips)
    Seat 4: KJ-Angel (1305 in chips)
    Seat 5: RainMan03 (2975 in chips)
    Seat 6: collegeguy23 (1700 in chips)
    Seat 7: thadragon2 (1525 in chips)
    Seat 8: whaldane (915 in chips)
    Seat 9: efcman (3595 in chips)
    whaldane: posts small blind 15
    efcman: posts big blind 30
    *** HOLE CARDS ***
    Dealt to efcman [Qd Ac]
    Viper_x: folds
    ignored: folds
    KJ-Angel: folds
    RainMan03: raises 90 to 120
    collegeguy23: folds
    thadragon2: calls 120
    whaldane: raises 795 to 915 and is all-in
    efcman: folds
    RainMan03: calls 795
    thadragon2: folds
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    You've got a raise, a call, and a big reraise in front - the fold was good. Even with AK a fold is a good, solid play there (although with your chip stack a push isn't so bad either if you are willing to gambool).
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