Hey bud! Join the club.
I don't do much of small stakes like.01/.02 but like .05/1 and up, but mostly play live at foxwoods doing both cash and tourney. We have a good wed night 15k $120 buy in, If I can remember i made final table in jan , chopped 4 ways for a good score, ever since then, haven't cashed, bankroll was at $3300, down under -$2k, done about 23 tournaments total and 2 cashes, but that wed Tourney NOTHING, closes was 33rd pay was 30th, field is about 250 to 330. I can still remember the hands that I was ahead on where I got popped out, I try to mix things up, especially when you go card dead 1hr plus and blinds start to eat at your stack, there's not much you can really do even when you get decent cards to play with and you play your position. I still come back for more because I know and feel I can play this game with everyone else, just sometimes we all are on the losing unlucky side and it can cloud our outlook, who knows! it may never end, who's to say you will ever cash or win a tournament? RIGHT? nothing guaranteed, just try best and enjoy is as much as you can.
On that note.
I've seen it's harder to get people to fold any pair they hit even if it's the lowest hand on the board besides like the deuce, just last week, BB 600, a few raises, the raiser kept betting, board was like 9 A 10 K 2. after a 1600 bet, then 3k after river, the raiser shoves for like 25k, I really didn't go deep into his move but where did this guy the idea that it was good to call with 69o because he hit his 9,was unreal, then hearing is reason made me even think more of bad it is out here to grind , lmfao, it's shit like that , that drives me crazy sometimes because when u have a made hand say like you hit the A or 10 or K, most of the time they fold, and trust me this dude isn't that good a player to get that good of a read, 10 hands later he lost his stack and more stupid calls.
leafs it comes down to what you have and are winning to play and gamble with, cash or tournaments.. I know my play time has dropped as my bankroll took a dive NEG on this 17 tournament drought. Wish we all could be the Justin Bonomo's and luck boxes!!!!
Good luck to everyone.