I think I have identified some bad changes that I've made lately. One was that I stopped betting in position when I'm rarely getting called with worse and I don't fold out better, like checking behind AK on 346 after opening from the CO and getting called by one of the blinds... or checking 9T on TQK... or 77 on AT4
The theory behind that makes sense, but it allows an opponent who even remotely thinks about my range to play pretty much perfectly against me. I don't think it would be very wise to balance my checking back range there in any way because it's loosing me value with my better hands, and I want to keep betting with air and all my draws because I think I can take it down a fair bit on the right texture - but maybe more importantly because I can keep my value range very wide and make it hard for them to play their bluffcatchers because I might just be bluffing with a hand that beats their bluff catcher.

So basically I'm committing two huge internetz poker no-no's. I'm betting for protection (from bluffs as well as draws) and information... makes me feel dirty, but in this case it's the best I can come up with.

A semi-good example of this was a live hand today... two young guys to my right. The CO was isolating limpers and c-betting what I would consider with the right amount and the right frequency and the BTN was loose-passive, pretty nervous and definitely out of his comfort level. Blinds are 1/2 with 1 limper (old guy, timid, fit-or-fold) - he raises to 10 from the CO, btn calls, sb folds and I make it 35 from the sb - which I think is fine because I'm not going to have a bluffing range there... they have too much imagination.
BB folds, CO calls, btn folds
- flop comes A48 rainbow and I bet 30 into 80 - he has about 120 left.
And the reason I bet there is mostly because I'm making my life that much easier by betting. I can't imagine he'd bluff shove worse, he can't really have a draw, and if he peels I feel like he'll shut down a lot and I can take it to showdown for good or worse.
So maybe this is not the best example, but I would cbet the same if he opened from HJ and I squeeze from the btn and he checks to me on the flop...
I meant to bet 40, but I accidentally made a string bet. - didn't correct that because I think 30 is fine for live poker in most cases because they don't really keep track of the pot size most of the time, so it doesn't really matter, and because of stack sizes it might even look scarier to him - I just asked him to take his hands off his chips so I could see them before I made the bet. - so maybe a little level making it look like I'm milking is also fine. I certainly don't mind him hero-folding QQ.