(EDITTED - INTIALLY ENTRY DIDN'T MAKE SENSE. DUR)

Sorry to hijack but i too have problems - new poster here and was just going to ask about my heads up problems and then saw this thread!

Don't have detailed HH for you but anyway, any thoughts appreciated!.....

Played 500 sngs so not inexperienced at all and pretty solid style now (should be doing better really but definitely on the verge of better things i feel at the moment). After a losing start i've been a break even/small winner on $11 tables with the odd $22 game for a fair while.

Until recently i've been probably doing about 50/50 1st/2nd when getting to heads up stage. That's obviously not great (suggests luck rather than skill), but worse i've now finished 2nd IN MY LAST 9 (count em!) heads up sng conclusions. Horrific i know. My ROI has been like 15% in 2007 when it should be closer to 30%.

It does seem like everytime i hit opponent hits bigger to decide the game but really can't all be bad luck 9 times in a row. Obviously helps to be aggressive in last 3 or 4 to try to enter heads up in the lead - generally i do this. In the last 9 examples though I've entered level or slightly behind more than i have ahead. I rarely come 4th or even 3rd. Usually 2nd or 5th/6th.

How do I play heads up broadly?
Preflop: Raise from LB any hand which is J9+ Q9+ K5ish+ AX. Any mid or low pairs. Decent suited one gapers+. From BB I'll call any moderate raise to see the flop if hand is semi connected or one of the above. Maybe even a little lower. I acknowledge that i probably mistakenly tend to slow play AA/KK which is dumb as i end up getting no value from them as opponent doesn't tend to get pot committed - i'll stop doing that now I’ve written it down!

Post flop from LB:
If checked to i'll generally bet the flop whatever > if then reraised I might back off depending on situation.
If facing a bet and little hope of improving I’ll usually fold.
If facing a bet and i've hit anything at all (or hold overpair, or maybe a flush or openender if I’m in a good lead) then i'm reraising (pretty much all in due to blind size most of the time). Maybe this is my problem area? As I often seem to reraise all in and my bottom pair (for example) is beaten by mid pair or something. Or worse, my mid pair with something like 86s is outkicked. But surely I shouldn’t be too passive here given that a huge amount of the time I’m just playing against a standard continuation bet? With the blinds as they are it’s all in or weak-fold realistically.

Post flop from BB:
If in BB and i hit then i'll check-raise probably unless it's a monster in which case i might check-call if i think a reraise would induce a fold.
If missed and no hope (eg low cards, no draw) then i'll probably check.
If missed but have a possible draw then i'll bet out and reconsider if reraised all in. One problem i have is I find it nearly impossible to read the quality of an opponents hit (how can you really when a standard preflop raise means anything from low connectors to JX to AA?).

Or maybe you can, and i'm just very bad!!!!! It's driving me nuts. Thanks for any thoughts all.