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I've played on full tilt off and on for a couple years and I've had some of the same experiences that have been posted. However, about six months ago I changed my approach to the game. When I'm in a game with people playing loose and just throwing chips around, I take a more passive approach. Yeah the experts say you should play raise or fold poker, but to what point? Let's say you have AK in early position in a 1/2 nl game. Two people fold, you raise to 7 and get 5 callers and the blinds fold. The flop is A 10 7 rainbow. Pretty safe right? But what is your next move? You don't want to let any draws in, and you know as well as I do that even some people with KJ would call a 15 dollar bet. Say you bet 30. A10 is a possible hand and they would probably raise you, but so would AQ. The point is I avoid building big pots with players who play marginal hands. It's not hard to get paid off so wait until you have more then top pair. Some of these posts are unavoidable, and yeah it sucks, but it's just the nature of the beast. Lastly I want to point out some of the terrible players that you see in the WSOP. I've seen people who were flat out gambling on a lot of hands, and yet some how they make it deep into the tournament. Part of the problem is people get frustrated and make a point to go after them. Just let them come to you. They can't resist. So to wrap this up I want to leave you a guideline that comes right out of Super System. "Don't play big pots without big hands"
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