I play mostly $1/$2 because I've only been playing as my primary source of income for a couple months and I put a lot of my bankroll into starting another business to compensate for the swings.
As my game has gotten better and I've learned more I've become less profitable. I'm a LAG player and I like to see a lot of flops. I generally showdown very strong hands. My problem is when I choose to bluff I just can't believe how much these guys overplay their hands. I look to make big bluffs when I have a dead read on someone and I have position.
For example if someone makes a preflop raise that would be consistent with them having AQ, AJ, or A10 and I call with something like 4's. If the flop comes with something like A 
7 8 
and he leads out representing aces which I'm sure he has based on how I've seen him play them before I'll call because if a 9, a or an 8 peels off I can represent a straight, flush or a set.
So we'll say a 6 peels off, and he leads out still representing a middling ace I'll put in a big raise and without fail he'll call. I change gears a lot and mix up my betting patterns and I know these guys aren't good enough to have a dead read on me.
Then the river comes with an 8 
they'll either check or lead out, if they lead out I'll put in a big raise, they'll call and turn over the AJ off, if they check it I'll make at least a pot sized bet and they'll call and turn over that middling Ace that I thought they had. I just don't understand what goes through these guys heads there's nothing that I'm representing that they could possibly beat. If they pay any attention to showdowns they'll know that 9 10 is well within my range and so is suited 45, the worst hand anyone could possibly think I'm representing is is AK.
If you look at it street by street any intellegent player would put me on a straight or flush draw most likely on the flop (I won't stick around to bluff most of the time if a pot sized pot bet is made on the flop because, then there's a better chance they made two pair or a set of sevens or eights). The turn card would have completed both my draws so when I raise them on the turn the range of hands they should put me on is a straight, a flush, or maybe I slow played a set or two pair on the flop. On the river the only hand they can beat is sixes and nines which would have been counterfited by the second 8 giving them two pair, but not in anyway actually improving their situation, that hand is not in my range and it's highly unlikely that's what I have.
The only hands that anyone would conclude I have based on my river bet is 8s full of 7s, a straight, a flush, 7s full of 8s, or 6s full of 8s. This is keeping in mind that I'm not bluffing at every pot I just pick a couple good spots throughout the course of a session, and I haven't and never would over play an under pocket pair like that, I more than likely would have 3 bet pre-flop with JJ-KK and on a board like that it would be insane to think that any of those hands are good. I feel that I would be more successful at higher stakes because I have a better idea what a smart player is thinking and I just can't understand someone treating an Ace with 3rd or 4th kicker like it's the stone cold nuts.
