Quote Originally Posted by LuckySlevin
One direct thing that I've changed in my game is this. I used to bet the flop if I hit a piece of it 'to find out where I was' - say I have a AJ and the flop is JQ5 I would bet that. If I'm then called I might double barrel etc.. Or I might just call another bet, basically this was just bad play I realise that now. By checking behind and then seeing how theyreact I get the same (if not more accurate) info and i'm not throwing chips away I got this insight from talking with stacks earlier in aim so thanks for that, it seems to have been a huge leak in my game.
This is something you now almost get, but not quite. See, this 'information' you're getting by checking, you should be getting WITHOUT checking. In other words, PLAY HANDS IN POSITION. The villain should be the one acting first! A good player mucks AJ UTG and 3bets QJs on the button. A great player mucks AQ UTG and 3bets JTs on the button. Just imho.

(also note I play exclusively 6max, so don't take my generalizations as advice for your full ring game. i suggest reading. a lot.)