Yea, your right. I am actually closing doors but I just feel like i should shut a bunch and then find the spots I need to open them up. I need to get more specific with everything I do and not make plays for the sake of making plays. I probably don't go into enough details when typing this stuff out, but I think I make most of the mistakes I mention without reads or having a reason. The 88 hand was actually a read that he would call with a ton of Ax hands on the flop and any naked FD. I figured to be ahead a ton on the flop and was thinking about getting some of the losses back. He had pretty much exactly what I thought he would have but I forgot all that when the turn brought the set. The sizing wasn't thought out obviously, hence my comment about taking time to make decisions. As for outright bluffing, I have learned that balancing these bluffs is still pretty +EV even when called sometimes, because showing that you can be bluffing will get more hands paid off. I obviously don't want to just run super strong lines with strong made hands.
More patient is definitely advice I need to take.
