What am I doing wrong?

[omahilo]

I think personally you need to loosen up alittle bit... gotta remember that it is limit holdem and not no limit hold em. I remember before in one of your post about only playing QQ preflop for 1 bet or something along that nature (might need to refresh me on this).

Anyways premium hands such as AA KK and QQ will usually win you a small to decent pot and lose you a huge pot. You should try playing more suited connectors in mid to late positions such as 89s, 67s, etc. you can see the flop usually for 1 bet and get away from the hand if it doesnt hit rather easily.

I will give you an example of this... I was in the BB with 35 spades and someone raises it... a few callers and I call the 1 more bet to see the flop... the flop comes 245 with 2 spades, which gives me top pair,open ended straight draw, and straight flush/flush draw. I figured I had 20 outs (I think) to win the hand and these 2 guys started betting and raising each other and then the turn brought another 5, which ended up winning me the pot.

Anyways they ended up having QQ and KK but I got to see the flop for only 1 more bet and got a awesome flop. I dont know if this is the right play or not but I do know that QQ and KK lose them a huge pot.

You just have to be able to get away from the suited connector if it doesnt hit. Im a tight player but also like to mix it up with the connectors so I dont become too predictable. It sounds like you wait for AA, KK, QQ, JJ, AK, and AQ.