Re: being too predictable
To summarize two important themes in the above replies:
1. Beware overcompensation to fix a problem that may never really be that acute in the first place!
2. Rather than playing "ridiculous hands", consider semibluffing, playing hands that already have some drawing value more aggressively. Preflop this could mean raising suited connectors the same way you raise a big pair -- as Harrington points out, waiting on SCs will randomize your steals better than you could do yourself. Postflop this could mean playing more aggressively with strong draws (flushes, OESDs) and perhaps a few weaker draws (such as gutshot straights or a so-called five-outer like bottom pair).
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