When you play higher stakes reads play a huge part. Without them it's like sports gambling (for me atleast). Knowledge without the edge.

I base me game on tagg, and thats spelled tagg and not rock. From this I pick my spots when to move out to lagg. These spots are based on my read on a player(s).

Oh, and looking at the hand on the top, that is some strange play. Pot is like 3$ on the flop, you dont hit and open for 6! 2*pot vs a player you have a read on that sais he likes to call. Just take a moment to think about it. Your making your plays based on emotions and not knowledge.