Does anyone here get in the bad habit of attempting to buy too many pots? Last night I was thinking about my play and realized that I had been leaking money on flops that I missed and was in early position. I might have a pretty solid starting hand but I would miss the flop and bet hoping to take it there if my opponent hadn't hit. The problem is not with doing this occasionally, its with doing it too often. I think it's a leak in my game, and I'm probably doing it too often to make it +EV. If I raise the flop and then miss, I then have to make a bigger bet on the flop to get the information I want. Anyone of decent ability would notice how often I bet out and reraise me with anything. So, I'm gonna work on slowing down my play on the flop, especially when I don't buy the button.

Any suggestions as to how to work on bad habits or recognizing them quicker are welcomed as well...

On a side note, I feel when I have to take a break from the game, say a week or two, when I come back, I can play fine against good players but I can't play against fish at all. I look so bad when I make the right read on kicker, just to find they have some raggy two pair, or my AK PFR gets called by J3 and the board comes Jxx I can't help but yell at them for calling my raise with junk (obviously I can't actually yell at them, and no i haven't had my chat banned anywhere either). Does anyone else experience this phenomenon after a break?....