Having trouble playing with leads

[igor23]

Often I shoot up to the top of chip leaders only to throw it away with bad plays. This has been happening frequently, and any advice would be helpful.

Thanks,

igor23

[wagon596]

yea, figure what you consider good starting hands and stick to it.... playing bad or borderline starting hands will get you into hands that you wind up chasing and missing.....or getting part of it with a bad kicker,,,,, just my thoughts,,,

[steveg78]

If I get a huge lead I tend to sit back and only play premium hands, unless I feel I can bet big and get some folds and steal some chips that way. With a huge lead, let the game come to you, you really don't need to push the action.

[MIGO14]

I guess Steve is right, but I also have to learn this. Sometimes when I am in lead I have the feeling I have to put pressure on the other players. But thta didn´t worked for me...

[Bastian2607]

Play as Tight as you can when your in the lead Mate ! Play only the Premium Hands

[awoll714]

ya when in lead that gives you the advantage to place tight as possible usually limp pps limp ak aq aj a10 kq suits only but never pay to much on the low end hands like a10 suited isnt really that good so ez muck to the right bet

[jte777]

I would play tight after I obtained a good chip count by playing premium hands

[walter1024]

Play as Tight as you can when your in the lead

[igor23]

Thanks for the advice, I don't only play premiums when I have a chip lead, I guess it goes back to that "what the big stack should do is push people around" advice I received early on while learning. Thanks again,
igor23