- cbet dependent on position? no. but, common sense would tell you to use it more when you act last. typically, you will find some spots are better than others. would you cbet in a 5 player pot? would you cbet a flop like 9hThJh? would you cbet into a player that has called all your bets in the past?

- HUD downsides? you think that because the guy runs 80% vpip that he cant possibly have AA when he is sending clear messages to you. you get so set on his PREFLOP RANGE that you fail to adjust post flop with your read. anything that overvalues numbers to actually paying attention to the bets and raises is a downside to HUDs.

- AK/AQ again, i am no expert here. but i dont want to bet so hard pre flop that the only thing i am bringing along is AA....thats really bad, obv. you DO want A4 and AT in the pots with you. thats where you make your money. will they hit two pair on you, sure, but not most times. and you dont want them to fold off too early, but you dont want to offer them outstanding pot odds to keep coming along, either. thats where your reads must take over, and HUDs cant really help you here, imo. you need notes that tell you that you have seen your villain "play any A from any pos" or "push two pair on dry boards" or "keeps coming with bottom pair A kicker." that kind of stuff. imo, AK is one of the easiest hands to win small pots, but lose big pots with. you blow JJ out on an A 5 7 rainbow flop, but stack off to a set. i wouldnt necessarily "make big lay downs" with AK. i would "float" it or "peel" with it a little more often. i wouldnt just bet, bet, bet. start exercising pot control...you do have 6 outs a lot of the time. dont just bet it or fold it....mix it up.

- hands played? you already sound like you are using a spreadsheet to track your bankroll. just look in the "stats" windows that UB gives you, and before you leave a table, sit out, and write those numbers down. start keeping a running total in your spreadsheet. if you are really good with the spreadsheet, you can convert your winnings into BBs and track a win rate just like PT (remember that NL bb's are double the big blind in PT). but, yes, PT is way easier.

- multi-tabling? yeah, thats more of a personal thing. upside is you really leverage your winrate, so long as it stays positive. (spoonitnow is probably the guy to ask about multi-tabling) i run 4-6, but usually 4. i dont like to run more because i feel i lose myself in the hands. i cant do just one, though, i get bored and impatient. as for one table being up and the other running even...thats going to happen. you cant be up on every table every time...its just not possible. you will have to work the multi-tabling thing out for yourself, but if you are going to give it a shot, its probably best to start now...at the lower levels where the practice is cheap and the competition is theoretically easiest.

- moving tables is another personal preference thing that comes with experience. i dont like playing less than 4-handed...period. when a 6max table falls apart, if someone doesnt sit in by about 2 orbits (not long), i bail...unless, there is a mega fish at the table, and sometimes even then. i dont open up like i should and the blinds start putting heat on me...so, its easier for me to find another table.

i will also move if i find that i dont like my seat. thats a MAJOR advantage to a HUD, imo. you can use the "table %'s" to get a read on the table as a whole. is it loose? is it tight? if so, WHERE are those players? on my right? left? is it aggrressive preflop? are there a lot of players going to showdowns? the HUD tells me that stuff starting in about 25 hands. and, if i dont like the table conditions, i leave when the blinds roll around. i also dont like to sit for much longer than 100 hands at any given table, unless i feel i'm in the "lucky seat" (yes, i can be supersticious and stupid that way) or there are some serious fish, or somebody i feel i can continue to exploit. i dont want to sit too long, though w/o a reason, as i feel that i am reading you, and you are starting to read me. of course, you could just change gears....something i am also working on.

a way to practice short-handed came up awhile back here at FTR, and the best thing i saw was...to practice short-handed, sit at a full ring table with about 5 players on it. as it fills, conditions start shifting towards full ring play, but most TAGs are looking for "mature tables" allowing you to catch any fish before they show up...and work on your 6max type of range.

- dont give too much credit for your villains having much of a brain until at least 25NL. there are some good ones, true, but the majority are still bad ones getting kind of lucky, imo. but, YES, you should be trying to read hands, or better yet, pin them on a RANGE of hands. how does your holding measure up to that? that largely determines what you do down here. its not the easiest thing, imo, because they do some stupid stuff, but you can get an idea most times.

where your thinking sits at the moment is fine. work on getting better there. but, NEVER stop tyring to improve.