[chillrob]

I think the fact that you are stuck a lot in the game might change your normal plays preflop and on the flop. If I am ahead in a game, been winning a lot of hands, showing down big hands, etc., people respect my bets more and I can often win a pot on aggression alone. People will even show me their low pairs while folding when I have bet the flop with Ace high. But if I am losing, people don't fear me and I have to showdown the best hand to win.

In this circumstance, if I had been winning I might reraise preflop like you did and bet out the flop I whiffed. However, if running bad, I might just fold preflop. Not because I think I am in a streak of bad luck or anything, but because the rest of the table does not fear me.