Sounds a lot like my home game. Here's my general strategy which works well for me: Raise liberally pre flop. Play an aggressive pre flop game and bet out on the flop only when you have a hand or if you have position and it is checked to you or if it's heads up. You don't want to build a pot when you don't have a hand because the calling stations will call you with any piece of the flop or any PP. Don't be afraid to check it if you missed OOP because everyone else will check if they missed...nobody bets into the pot to steal it--they are just playing their cards. On occasion, mix it up and show down crap (i.e. missed gutshot) just to confirm their suspicion that you are "always bluffing". In the end, I have found that this is the most profitable way to play against my Poker-challenged friends. GL to ya...