Re: Loose games when you can almost never protect your hand
(Disclosure: Didn't read the full post... just skimmed.)
What happens in these situations in you win the pots less often, but they'll be bigger, and you'll still be winning more often than someone who plays worse hands. Suppose there are 8 people in a pot with you. We say that 1/8 or 12.5% of the pot is yours - that's your equity in that pot. With a hand like AK and a board of K83, you certainly won't win every time, but you'll win a lot more than 12.5% of the time.
If you can't protect, you just have to bet/raise for value. It's frustrating to not win when you have the best hand, but you have to think in the long run. If you get yourself in enough of those same situations, in the long run you'll make out way ahead.
Hope that helps. Good luck!
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