One of the things that has worked well for me since I started really improving my game is raising PF with most hands that I am playing when limped or folded to me and 3-betting a slightly wider range. I also am regularly C-betting and, at times, taking down lots of pots preflop.

The problem I have is certain players (especially when I've been playing 10nl) who I feel are starting to float me looking to take down the pot on later streets. (Seems like the perfect adjustment to me). So, I am trying to decide how to counter-adjust, and how to tell when they are just floating with high cards, calling with a hand (even a decent pair), or calling with a draw

The idea's that I can come up with are:
1) Cbet less often when I miss, especially oop, and when against several opponents
2) Be willing to fire 2nd barrel more often against players who seem to be calling a lot of cbets.

I have some issues with those answers though.

It seems to me like not betting after raising preflop is just begging to have someone bet at me with very little to nothing. I could counter this by occasionally not cbetting when I do hit, but that just seems wrong.

I've also found that when a villain calls a cbet, they don't seem to fold to 2nd barrels often and now and then when I do decide to fire again after the river, they end up frequently having hands when I go this far (what a suprise, they didn't fold when they had a hand!) But at the same time, if it's the same player(s) regularly calling my cbets, they can't always have something unless they are only calling my PF raises w/ pocket pairs...and they ARE calling with more than that.

The players that I'm really having a hard time w/ are players w/ AF of 2-3 (or more), yet they are only calling me when I bet. Doesn't that stat mean they are more likely to bet when they have hands and fold when they don't as opposed to calling? What are they calling with? Draws? All the time? I feel like they are just using my aggression against me.

When I get raised, it's usually pretty clear what to do...it's the calls that throw me off.

I guess I just feel like "they are on to me and what I'm doing" yet I don't want to stop because this is what has been helping me get action on my big hands. When I've experimented with c-betting less I lose those small pots, but also don't get calls when I want them w/ big hands.

I know that much of this depends on reads (like everything else), but I'm curious how others have dealt with this issue when dealing with different sorts of players.