Savy - Yah I agree, the decision to grind poker full time vs work full time is obviously 100% related to the difference between the job and poker options and the stability of the job etc.

Yah most of the live grinders I'm playing are probably 45+. But this is all the more reason my point is valid. The games are so soft now because this is the case, but surely there are more ppl like me (historically online grinders who are slowly converting to live). If more and more of these online grinders convert it won't take long for the games to be MUCH more difficult. All it takes in live games is for one of those seats to be filled by a solid player than a fish to make a big difference.

Salsa -

If your iso raises are generally getting 3 callers, I would probably choose a bigger size that bloats the pot up more with our stronger hands that make one pairs. This kills the SPR, and makes the suited nonsense or low pairs they are calling with less valuable, and also makes hand reading easier playing one player.

As for the K9xQ board. That's a disaster board. If i had solid reads that this particular player would just never shove a bluff here or a draw, I could make a hero fold I think. I'd probably bet $80ish on the turn. My live experience is that ppl don't look at bet size relative to pot, and just view the absolute size of the bet.

KTT hand - I expect to see Tx a fair bit, but yah I'm not folding for these pot odds on river, but even if its 70% of the time you're still good to call.