Think you could of skipped #2, no one here EVER thinks they are a bad player, maybe opposite is a problem, . #5 is definately biggest problem for me, and not even after a bad beat, just having a badbeat in distant memory is enough. Playing in tournaments, my thinking is I'd rather take the pot down now then take a chance at a bad beat and get knocked out. Though sometimes depending on the quality of opponents, you get more value out of shoving big hands cause some people will call even with a weak draw.

Any way, nice post, very useful. Will have to reread it everytime i take a badbeat.