Help me with a big leak in my game

[Bullzeye]

The only way to know if your sets are beat is know how your opponet has been playing. If it is someone who has not played many hands and plays extremely tightly u might want to be careful. Like "weknowhowtolive" advised you might want to just call it down and hope that your set comes up on top. On the other hand if the opponet has been playing a little crazy on hands like this u might want to raise a high amount to send him the message that "u have the goods" or just go all-in to scare him off. Your leak in your game is that you need to be able to read the player, know how he plays( which is gained by paying attention to ,not only him but everybody)and what he does in situations. Keep in mind that the key to these tight situations is protecting your hand. If u raise a high amount Pre-flop(while you still only have the pair) it can help narrow down the number of players that could have had the potential of grabbing a higher trip.