i've had to drop down in stakes and i find the task no less challenging. Although i'm less likely to get played back at and players overplay their hands, there are certain key occasions where you require a read and it becomes costly to find out each time what the specific opponent tendencies are.

i have outlined the different areas below, how have fellow RIO members overcome some of these difficulties

1) Ascertaining some preflop value ranges per position, the HUD values don't seem to converge adequately. i really feel i'm overplaying AK preflop versus some of these players.

2) their propensity to fold their one pair hands by the river. i kick myself whenever i've triple barrelled only to be called by Ace rag. "he wont call with the onecard straight out there" "now that the flush draw gets there i'm sure he feels his lone pair has shiveled up". 

the point is if i'm making a triple barrel, or stacking off preflop that's one buy in - its the cost of finding out something about my opponent. if i did that for the 400+ player pool in $25, or for the 1000+ players that play within the week, i wouldn't have a bankroll left.  

 of course i'm watching the tables when out of the hand and making notes, but the superior reads are the ones when your opponent plays against YOU> your image may be affecting their play and so your reads are more accurate when the hand/note was versus yourself