Thanks Fnord. NICE REPLY. That information was very helpful. In fact, the one time I went up against AA was when I was UTG with AQs.

The reason why I largely tended to ignore position was because AA/KK got limped or min raised 7 out of 10 times, and I'm not exaggerating this either. Most players REFUSED to do the raising. At a table like that, it would be important to slow down from the earlier positions, correct?

At tables where the first 8-9 hands go without a preflop raise, a few modifications to the strategy are in line (viz. drop out a few more of the lower hands), but I still think the strategy works because they're still calling your bets.

Also, I completed the SB with ALMOST any two cards, lol.

In the end, I think there's a large variance when one gets involved in too much preflop action, so I'm assuming that $100 wasn't large enough to outlast the "swings." I lost about $70 to inferior cards in 5 hours, and then lost the rest ($60) to TILT. Yes, I always lost to tilt, no lecture needed. That's why I quit playing poker as of today.

Last reply, thanks a lot everybody for your help, the end.

P.S. I know it's a conspiracy theory, but my cards always seem to run very poorly about 10 hours after I post my initial buy in. It's probably just the 10 hour tilt setting in, but this is the 3rd time I've hit a bad rush on my 2nd day after the buyin, and I have friends who will swear to the same phenomenon.