Playing a total maniac at 2/4

I raise $20 with AQ and get called twice

Pot $60..Flop AK4.. SB checks...idiot open pushes $260. I call and SB calls $50 or so all in.

Idiot has T7 and SB has A6. runner runner tens hit the board

Later.... Idiot limps. SB completes. I dont raise JJ from BB because this guys is SOOOOOOO bad I can bust him with a rag flop.

Pot $12. Flop QQT. Checked around. Turn J. SB checks, I check...he bets $64. I check raise all in. He calls with Q7 and the river is a Q.

Its been going like this for 5 days now and Im abou tto pull my hair out

I'm there now, Ice. 100NL, all in preflop last night with QQ against 2 known donkies, who correctly turn out to have TT and AQs. Mr Suited makes his flush, of course.

I don't even dare look at my win rate since I changed sites.

Why does this sh1t always happen when you make a big change, like moving up or changing sites? Is it for the same reason that casinos change a blackjack dealer if he's taking heavy losses (I know this is illogical)?

It happens to me EVERY time I move up. I play well, win some, then get hammered with horrendous beats...then I move back down to get to relax a bit.

Then I dominate again and just stay there because its easy and relaxing. Im about to do the same thing again.

You would think that the players would be better at higher stakes but they are not. Of course thats what you want is horrible players but for some reason every time I move up, these guys get lucky so many times that I just cant take it anymore and I move back down.

You've been playing this game a long time so you probably don't have to observe all the usual advice about moving up etc. Maybe you shuld jump up 2 levels. Then when you get a long string of bad beats you can drop down a level and it may stick.

Just a thought.