I've just had three more funny little bad beats.
OK the first one I played really bad, but didn't lose much
had AJ, flop comes:
TJT I figured the guy doesn't have either so i bet.. turn comes 6, with 3h on the board, I figured he must be on some kind of draw to call me. The river 4h. And he has a flush with Ks Qh... OK, I should have bet more on the turn, I played it bad, so I'll focus and play better the next hands. I didn't lose much on that hand but it was a good setup for things to come.
The next hand against the same guy i got delt 66, the flop comes:
AQ6, he bets I raise him all-in. Turn comes A, river comes Q, He turns AQ. Great. Ok I got suckered once.. it won't happen for a few games. He had 4 outs.. so OK.
I reload and same table a few hands after that: I get delt 77, guy raises pre-flop I call and the flop comes:
755 giving me a full house. There are two diamonds on the board, and I want him to hit that flush if he has one, so I check and he bets, I call, turn comes 2 of diamons. Oh yeah, this guy is going down. I check he bets, I raise and he goes all-in . The river comes K and he flips over his KK with a higher full house.
So am I supposed to not slowplay when i hit a fullhouse on the turn? Am I supposed to protect a full house? He would have called me anyway, there was no way I wouldn't lose that hand.
Pokerstars make me sick.
There is only one way to win at stars: play passive, wait for nuts, go all-in at the river and hope someone has the 2nd best hand. There is no other way.
I go up in $ with solid play and I go down ALWAYS with a bad beat.
I don't consider my self a shark and I mostly play low limits, but I've managed to make my 10$ into 100$ in about a month on stars (with cashgames only). Now I'm stuck on 85 for about 4 months, tried sit&go's and I broke even, tried heads-up broke even, there is no way I can move up.