Quote Originally Posted by Miffed22001
...Also, think about trapping in short handed play post flop. If you hit the top pair check it to the opps see if you can catch someone trying to buy the pot with second pair etc...
Wow, not too often in life that someones advice pays dividends straight away, but last night, I was playing a heads up situation, and was dealt A5o in the BB. My opponent called, I raised pre-flop and was again called. Flop came out A84 rainbow. The old shooter would have come out firing on the flop and taken down the pot then and there. Instead, I checked, and sure enough my opponent raised big. Big enough to have me worried that he was holding the A as well, perhaps with a bigger kicker, but my gut told me otherwise, so I pushed him all in. He flipped over K8s, but was pot committed and therefore had to call. End of tournament. Miffed22001, the commission check is in the mail !

Just wanted to say thanks to everyone for all the great advice on this thread. Needless to say, I've learned a lot from all of these posts.