Sorry to hear this but its very understandable, I do what I can to try to get new players to join the community but my friend network is rather small. I enjoy the freerolls but really like the daily buy in ad hope to see that grow int he future so freerolls can return. Thanks for all you do...
I don't believe in luck in that way, yes everyone gets lucky at times, but beginners tend to make bad plays/calls more often. A beginner may call preflop raises more with bad holdings due to their lack of knowledge and when they hit the flop and crush the better had with 75 OS etc. it seems...
I prefer to play live tournament poker at local casinos and cash games at local home games. Home cash games tend to bring looser players that want to be pros.