Day 3, Month 3, Year 3

The King finally broke even at the 25-50¢ tables for the month.  He knew it would be like this and that is how it was.  In this session, he just played the small blind tighter and didn't table hop as much.  The blinds are 10¢ and 25¢  and similar to the 5-10¢ tables where they are 2¢ and 5¢, and in both games the small blind is less than half of the big blind.  Playing tighter in these games are from Miller and Sklansky.

Back for More Punishment

PokerStars didn't let the King cash out, so he returned to the microlimit tables again. When playing at 2-4¢, his bankroll was 300 big bets or $12.  Playing at 25-50¢, his bankroll is 300 big bets or $150.  Recently there was a $12 loss over 2-3 days and he was devastated.  A $12 loss is 12/150 or 8% and 8% of $12 is 96¢, and the King has had many sessions of being 96¢ down at the 2-4¢ tables.  Still, to lose $12 in a couple days is terrible.

One problem was getting a good top pair hands and high pairs get beat by hands like flushes, straights, full houses, trips and two pairs.  Playing big offsuit cards like AJ, AT, KJ and QJ are a real problem.

The Bluff that Failed - AQ♥

Playing in a freeroll NL Hold 'em tournament, the King came in 965 out of 9,000.  Close but still far from the top 72 that would get free tickets.   He might have made a big mistake going all in with AQ on the flop as a bluff because he was running low on chips - about 6,000 and the blinds were 150-300 and they were antes.  Another player bet 6,000 with pocket fives and there was a five on the flop.  Its free anyway.

Coming Back for More Fun

After taking a big loss at the 25-50¢ tables, the biggest microlimit stakes, the King gave up poker for the uptenth time.  And like always he came back.  However, his two big site accounts had no money because they were withdrawn.  So instead he played in a no-limit freeroll on Poker Stars and did not win a free ticket.  The next day, the King played with a sportsbook poker account with just $2 and some change.

An interesting thing happened here, instead of moving to another table when the table became short-handed, he had to stay there because he had no where else to play.  So the game fluctuated between 2-9 players and pot odds became less important than at a full ring game.

It has been done before, it can be done again. A seed grows into a big tree and $2 and some change can be bult into a big balance.

Pocket Queens - All In

Playing a NL freeroll tournament the King went all-in on the flop with pocket queens and lost.  Another player had KT offsuit and had top pair TT.  The river had a King and
that player made two pair.  

Would going all-in before flop have been better, perhaps the KT offsuit would have folded then.

The King came in about 2,500 out of 9,000.