When Isolation Raises Go Bad

[kirkt]

1/2 6max. Initial raiser has made four terrible steal attempts from the cutoff in five unopened pots. I suspect he's raising with any two trash cards. I decided to play back with a middleweight ace. Too marginal?

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Preflop: Hero is Button with A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP raises</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero 3-bets</font>, SB calls, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, MP calls.

Flop: (10 SB) 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets</font>, MP folds, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, SB calls.

I don't think folding is an option with 5 BB, 5 outs and a nasty board. The limper does not make any sense and frequently donkbets. I want a free card, so I raise. yes? If we change the 8 on the flop to a four, is it an obvious fold?

Turn: (7 BB) A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, SB calls.

Lucky card, sparing me a third cutting editorial on my play.

River: (9 BB) 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, SB calls.

Final Pot: 11 BB

good but dangerous to me.

[kirkt]

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good but dangerous to me.

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I [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 6max. The limper did shoot my initial plan in the foot.

i don't play a lot og 6 max, but you did the ol' positional bitchslap which let you draw that ace.