I have become an internet player!!!

Well it's ironic, since I always was an internet player...but yes, that's what I have become lately.

Let me explain myself.
It was Kirk Morrison on ESPN who said, that "internet players are all pre-flop, all they want to do is pre-flop, pre-flop, pre-flop." and I believe that statement is really true. Many players online like to push all-in before the flop and I am not sure of the reason why. Maybe they are afraid to c-bet or just that their monster hand will miss the flop completely.
Another reason that I read in a article is that it is so easy to click on the "all-in" button than to push real chips in the pot that shoving has basically become the same thing as a single bet.

Well lately I realized that I have been doing the same thing, a lot...

I two-tabled SNGs yesterday and lost both, pretty much in the same fashion.
On the first one I had a below average stack, but still good enough to wait for hands with blinds at 25/50. 3 players limped in front with me in the button, and I picked up AQo.
For some obscure reason I just decided to shove with a decent-sized pot ($250+) and possibly some fold-equity.

Well as you can guess, that didn't work and the BB insta-called me with JJ and I lost the race.
Why didn't I just raise 3-4xBB and wait for the flop? Maybe an A,K, or Q would have hit and and then I could have won the pot right there or just let it go.

On the second SNG, we were on the bubble and I was the short stack with an M of 10-15, can't exactly remember. Anyways, with 2 limpers, I shoved KQo and got called by 66. I did hit the flop but he also hit trips to send me home.
I guess I can defend myself by saying that I was the short stack in both cases and I was flipping to survive. Had I won one flip, maybe I could have cashed, but I just didn't.

I am just wondering why I tend to gamble more recently while I used to be a tight player that was able to limp with AQo in position with limpers?
Next time I will just opt for a raise and c-bet/fold the flop depending on what comes up.
I really think that the texture of the board will offer me more fold-equity than one might believe.

Also, in the same fashion that it is really easy for an internet player to shove, it is just as easy for him to call, and that is why shoving preflop is really a bad idea. Players won't give you respect and will call you with anything remotely decent. Basically, why shove preflop when there is more than 50% chance that you will be flipping or even worse?

till text time.

ronee