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Much appreciated! That's a fantastic place to begin reading, Thankyou.

It was indeed a bitter-sweet river. I believe that particular opponent must have been playing really lose, because I remember this hand being comfortable that I had a weak top pair because every time...

Thank-you everyone for the fantastic advice; I feel like i've learned more from reading this post than I have from playing many hours of poker :-D

I definitely took notes on him after seeing that...

I don't think I played this hand very well at all by checking the turn - That's my first stupid mistake.
On the turn I did consider folding however, as I could see AA being slow-played here (but not...

I suppose I'd say I put him on an ace or a kq, aj, aq. Taking that into consideration, it really is a horrific donk bet =/ - Point noted.

This hand is about a month or two old, but at the time I...

I ask because this hand's flop froze me after I bet and got called.
I fired out again on the turn because a lot of the time at this table that would be enough to win me the pot (or else they raise,...

At the time I believed they had the queen, but the turn bet was quite weak (Opponent had bet similarly with a marginal hand previously). I thought I could push them off bottom pair, but they saw...

Thanks - Your point about over-committing was a great one.
I think I might be doing that with these types of hands... So when I lose, it's a lot more than I should be losing.
Time to work on...

Looks like I'm going to have to dig through my hand histories a bit then :-)
Even the cookie-cutter advice was quite helpful; The rest is going to take me a while to chew on and digest, but I'm sure...

Agreed.

Judging from the great range of advice/discussion here, I'm going to try keeping the pot small with hands like this and be happy winning at least a little.

As was pointed out, win a...

Points taken - I'll post specific hands from now on and try not to generalize.
Also re-reading this post, it really does sound like I'm bitching, sorry, not my intention (Just frustrated at getting...

When will I learn that my top two pair isn't good?
I ask mostly because I have a habit of getting into bad spots - Most times I'm either up against a strong draw (or a draw that made it) or a set....

I'm in late position at a short-handed table and I get dealt nine ten, both clubs. So far everybody's been limping a lot - A re-raise means high pockets and if they re-shove over the top of a raise,...

Advice so far seems sound, thanks :-D
Shotglass, are you saying I should get it in pre every time if I suspect they have AA or KK, or only the first time so that I can establish the range they'll...

Good point - It would definitely depend on the opponent; In cases where my opponents are tight, I think I can fold as long as they only things they're shoving with are overs and higher pockets, but...

I'm under the gun with two queens - I never know what to do in this spot because I feel that if I raise too heavy, people at the table will all fold to me and give me credit for a hand (I've been...