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Okay, this is the first time I've posted advice. I'm pretty much a noob, so take it with a pinch of salt.
1) As renton says: hand selection. If you're going to play more marginal hands you have to think about position. (e.g. Game 2, calling K4s so early)
2) Don't overestimate suited cards. Just because two cards are suited doesn't make them playable. They only hit a flush about 6% of the time, and since you often have to fold when when only one or two of that suit are on the flop it's even less profitable than that. (i.e. J4s (#4) is not a good hand, nor is 95s (#5)).
3) If you DO play suited connectors you want to do it in an unraised pot. Calling a 5xbb raise (#14) with 32s is not recommended. In general you want a lot of limpers in when you're playing these hands and the raise has kicked most of the other players out.
4) Conversely when you've got a good hand (AJ, AQ, AK or high pocket pair) you don't want a lot of limpers where they could be catching something. You want a good pre-flop raise a few times the BB. Not just doubling it (note how your pre-flop raises frequently have half the table seeing the flop).
5) That said, hands like KQ and particularly QJ probably don't deserve to be raised pre-flop from early position. They're not as good as they seem and sometimes you have to fold them early on. If you're going to play them as though they were top-rate hands then you need to have position.
6) You probably need to play a little more aggressively post-flop. If you can call a bet on the flop then you can't really be checking the turn AND the river. On the other hand going all-in for a 6-cent pot seems hard to justify.
Well there's my input. Now lets see if any good players come along and tell you why you shouldn't listen to me
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