I'll try that getting good cards thing next time.

I play some home games a lot like you explained. The only difference is that we usually have 12-14 players instead of 6.

I've tried the seeing almost every flop thing, but with this, is seemed like I had to get lucky to win. Since then, I've tightened my game pre-flop, and allowed everyone to pay me when I get a monster. To do this, I had to first develop a reputation of being tight and only playing big hands. It might take more than one night, which can really be a pain. After the reputation is set, I just steal a lot post flop and play it out if someone calls because it usually doesn’t cost me much more than my original pot-stealing attempt. If the people you are playing with get the perception that you are only playing big hands, getting them to fold post flop is much easier. However, I do agree that getting some beginner types to fold pre-flop even with this strategy can be difficult at best. For some reason many of these guys just have to see flops and usually catch with crappy hands.

If you stay with what you are doing and play everything, there is really no reason for them to fold because they know you WILL play almost anything. For beginners, a reputation will be a better weapon for you than good cards. And, yes, I do believe that.

This has worked for me, and I will be using it again this coming weekend. I'll let you know how it comes out.