I'm a Muppet

So tonight i played at the Attfield again, i was placed at a table with 6 muppets and one state champion... i started out playing my usual TAG style... i made one bluffing maneuver against a muppet who check called me down with top pair and a weak kicker... a standard play among muppets...

These people seem to think the best way to win is that when they make a pair they check... i cant comprehend how they do this, i would understand it if they think they are beat and are trying to check it down to the showdown... but if you bet... they will call, and they will call pot sized bets and even overbets... this is THE worst way to play... you just giving all your advantage to your opponent, they can just check to any draw and get free cards to beat you... the other way they play is when they pick up a draw... they simply call every post flop bet in the hope that they will hit...

So i made a stupid bluff that i should have just checked down and i lost about half my stack... i changed my style to super tight in an attempt to make the break... i made the break and gained another 2000 chips...

After the break i picked up 77 in middle position and decided to test my luck... i only limped in (raising would only achieve in building a bigger pot which is exactly what i want to avoid)... the SB called and the BB checked... the flop came 6 4 4... it was checked around to me and i made a pot sized bet... the SB then went all in... i thought about it for a while and folded, he could have been making a move but i doubted it... he showed 6 4.

A few hands later i picked up 10 10 and wasn't going to make the same mistake twice... i raised to 3 times the BB, the BB called my bet... the flop came 9c 6s Ac... I bet the 1/2 the pot... the BB thought for a bit and called... at this point i either had them on a club flush draw or top pair and weak kicker... the next card was a Qd, i believe at this point i picked up a tell, my opponent sat up straighter in their chair and checked their cards that their eyes darted to their remaining chips (i little over the pot) i paused for a moment and checked... the SB went all in... here i was torn between my nice pot odds ( over 2 to 1) and my read on my opponent, i spent about 3 mins thinking... during this time my opponent started showing their hand to the people around them i assumed they wouldn't be showing a bluff to their peers with i proud smile on their faces so i folded... my opponent proudly turned over Q9os (offsuit)...

My opponent then proceeded to explain to me as if it was my first time playing that if i had of bet more on the flop they would have folded... i smile and nod sarcastically... then a player next to her pipes up and says... "I love playing against you people who take it so seriously, i don't do any maths or any strategy i just look at my cards and if they look pretty i play them, and when i win you get so angry, I love it!"... i simply smile and nod at him too, i then decide that if they can play like that and win... why cant i?

The very next hand i get dealt 3 3... I'm 2nd UTG and UTG limps in... i decide to take my newly acquired friends advice and play like a muppet... i push my remaining chips into the middle (6 times the BB) exclaiming that "I like your style"... the button calls the BB calls (all in) and UTG calls... i smile to myself knowing that i will win because I'm playing like a muppet and they always seem to win...

The flop comes 4 4 6... and checks all around then 10, and again checks, then Q... UTG picks up her cards and flashes them to the people sitting around her, in the process she shows me her Q 10... i muck my cards and walk out muttering to myself about how i can be out muppeted...

*Sigh*

Shane