in the past few days i watched both parts of leatherass's 3bets in and out of position, and the twicet/vonki pink performance series. after watching these ive really opened back up my game to where it was 2 months ago, with aggro 3betting and creative play. these new strategies have certainly put me in some tough spots, but thats the only way to get better 
some tough calls
Grabbed by Holdem Manager
NL Holdem $0.50(BB) Replayer
Hero ($118)
BB ($71.91)
UTG ($16.82)
UTG+1 ($50)
CO ($60.45)
BTN ($61.72)
Dealt to Hero 8♥ A♦
fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to $1.50, Hero raises to $4.50, fold, BTN calls $3
FLOP ($9.50) 8♣ 9♠ 3♠
Hero bets $5.50, BTN calls $5.50
TURN ($20.50) 8♣ 9♠ 3♠ 2♣
Hero bets $12.50, BTN raises to $51.72 (AI), Hero calls $39.22
RIVER ($123) 8♣ 9♠ 3♠ 2♣ 9♥
BTN shows 7♠ 5♠
(Pre 41%, Flop 47.8%, Turn 27.3%)
Hero shows 8♥ A♦
(Pre 59%, Flop 52.2%, Turn 72.7%)
Hero wins $120
and some big spew vs active 3/4bettor
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NL Holdem $0.50(BB) Replayer
Hero ($81.09)
BB ($202)
BTN ($49.25)
Dealt to Hero 2♦ A♦
fold, Hero raises to $1.50, BB raises to $5, Hero raises to $13, BB raises to $21.50, Hero raises to $81.09 (AI), BB calls $59.59
FLOP ($162) K♥ T♠ 8♦
TURN ($162) K♥ T♠ 8♦ T♥
RIVER ($162) K♥ T♠ 8♦ T♥ 8♣
Hero shows 2♦ A♦
(Pre 33%, Flop 16.0%, Turn 6.8%)
BB shows J♥ J♦
(Pre 67%, Flop 84.0%, Turn 93.2%)
BB wins $160
so failing a bit on the spew part 
but 4800/20k hands so far
no more 6betting A2s!!!!!!!