Trouble with big pots.

[Pokerho]

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The pit that many people fall into is overplaying top pair good kicker. It's not that great a hand against a lot of action and knowing when to release is going to save you and your hair. This is where your hand reading skills are going to come into play a lot.

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I think this was a good observation. Looking at my AKo numbers, I see that since UIGEA, I have played AKs to -.02 BB/hand. That's clearly a hole.

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Another would be failing to create difficult decisions for your opponents on every hand you are involved in. You should always be thinking about what a particular opponent thinks of you based on your previous plays and how best to win the pot right there. There's nothing wrong with folding potential second best hands, especially if you have a feeling you are going to have to pay a lot to see the showdown. For all intensive purposes, it may make you money on a hand later on when you do have a strong holding.

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I haven't quite figured out how to do this yet. I do think about what the other player thinks of me but it seems like this gets me into trouble as often as not, especially in a big pot. For example, say I have raised in a large percentage of the previous few hands, and I get QQ on the next hand. I raise, and someone reraises. I think 'ok, this guy has seen me raise a bunch, and probably thinks im full of crap, and is reraising me with a less than stellar hand,' so I reraise big, maybe all in, and get called by AA, KK, or AK, which I know from experience is what 80% of all reraisers at this level have, and I get clobbered.