Quote Originally Posted by griffey24
It's possible that if they aren't profitable, that you're giving up too easily with them? Or it's possible that if they aren't profitable, that you aren't giving up easily enough. hmmm
It's also possible that they're not profitable because:

1) You start out pretty far behind your opps range when called.
2) You're usually oop for the hand.
3) Pots are often multi-way.
4) It's hard to get your sets paid when they already think overpairs and tptk make up a large part of your range.
5) You lose most times both of you flop a set.

Quote Originally Posted by dalecooper
There might be a hand that costs me half a big blind every single time I play it, but if I knew it was earning me an extra big blind every time I had AA, it would be doing well for me to keep at it.
There are no opponents keeping close enough watch on you that a few hands or a few percentage points will make any difference. I think I could announce to every table that I'm not raising 22-55 utg and it would be meaningless to my winrate. I'll paraphrase some high-stakes regular on 2p2, krantz maybe... balancing your play is important against good, hand-reading players who are paying attention, but the majority of your opponents at small and medium-stakes are none of those things.