I pretty much agree with you dale, happened to me yesterday. I have almost tripled up playing the way I described above (3 or so hours at the same table, same players) and there is this guy that is just dying to play back at me. I raise AA get 2 callers. Flop comes rags. I bet $4 he calls, other guy calls his last $$ and is all-in. I bet the turn and he goes all in for like half my stack. Board now has a flush draw and a possible completed inside straight so I think about is and fold. I didnt wanna risk the stack I had built up. He turns over K2 for a flush draw hits a K and takes the pot off the other guy's small PP. Some hands later I raise KK, he calls. Flop comes T88 I bet hard he calls. Turn is another 8, I bet his stack, he calls with his 10, I take his stack.

Just want to say that sometimes you might wanna wait for a better spot or at least until you can get a better read on someone.