I like this part:
"Say you wake up with A-A preflop in a cash game where you are double-stacked with 200BBs – $2,000 in a $5/$10 NLHE game for example. Most players will love to get A-A here, but the minority of players with an extended knowledge of the game, or those who are scared of losing, will hate it unless they manage to get a huge pot brewing preflop, as they will find it very hard to lay down after the flop.
If you lack the ability to read your opponents well postflop"
If you can't read your opponents well postflop, what are you doing playing NL1000 deep stack? On a weekly basis poker forums are full of players complaining of AA being cracked, but in the end they are just a pair.
Articles and books are an important part of becoming a better player, but IMO many many hands played are even more important for a poker player to find his own style, learn to read other players and apply the right move at the right time. Equally important is bankroll management to cope with the downswings and bad beats, and to play your natural game instead of a frightened over-tight game because you have bought in with 1/3 of your roll.
In any hand you are going on information your opponents have provided you about their hands by the way they have bet it. Depending on the way the board has gone and the betting patterns of your opponents, as well as previous encounters with them, you sometimes need to ask yourself whether or not you want to stack off with what you have.
Edited by mahdrof (02 January 2012 @ 00:13 GMT)
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I forget where I read or by what Mobster posted quite some time ago and it only goes to add a bit about knowing how your opponents play. 
