Back in the day, this was called playing ABC poker. It works well on smaller table players because they will mostly hang themselves but not so much on bigger tables. I remember when I moved up in stakes, I had to up my game and start to study it properly. I used to run simulations on Excel and read a dozen poker books, mostly advanced odds and game theory. One thing I learned with poker was, that education never stops.

If you getting knocked back on the bigger tables, maybe try to be more selective of the table you are joining, a large average pot size will let you know lots of action and you'll be able to play tight with your hand selection but aggressively when you pick up a good hand. The same in reverse, if the table has a small average pot size, then you should play aggressively, widen your hand range and see more flops.

I've not played properly in years but if you SGS guys ever host a poker tournament or cash game, im down like Charlie Brown.