The Hand of Shame: A hiatus on a diversion.
Ok: I have played like a complete pillock since my previous cheery posting, and despite many hours playing online am $2 DOWN. I serve up to you examples of my sad poker world. Failing at micro-stakes..... 
Here are the GOOD, the BAD and the VERY UGLY:-
The GOOD
***** Betfair Poker Hand History for Game 623359186 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $5 Buy-in + $0.50 Entry Fee, Level:6 Blinds(100/200-(no ante)) - Monday, December 21, 22:36:14 GMT 2009
$5+$0.50 NL Hold'em #3643042
Table 1 9-max (Real Money)
Seat 7 is the button
Total number of active players : 2
Seat 3: TobiTobsen9 ( 8,288 )
Seat 7: Bad Faith ( 9,712 )
Tourney Level:6 Blinds(100/200-(no ante))
Bad Faith posts small blind [100]
TobiTobsen9 posts big blind [200]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Bad Faith [ Ac, As ]
Bad Faith raises to [480]
TobiTobsen9 calls [280]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Kc, Jh, Ah ]
TobiTobsen9 checks
Bad Faith checks
** Dealing Turn ** [ 3c ]
TobiTobsen9 bets [200]
Bad Faith raises to [600]
TobiTobsen9 calls [400]
** Dealing River ** [ Ad ]
TobiTobsen9 goes all-in
TobiTobsen9 bets [7,208]
Bad Faith calls [7,208]
** Showdown **
TobiTobsen9 shows [ 6h, Ks ] two pair, Aces and Kings
Bad Faith shows [ Ac, As ] four of a kind, Aces
** Hand Conclusion **
Bad Faith wins 16,576 from main pot with four of a kind, Aces
************ Game 623359186 ends ************
The BAD
This was a genuine attempt to make some money and I came close. I cashed but a measelly $10 profit was not what I had in mind....I was dreaming of glory and the $1000 top prize. 330 entrants and I did ok I think, by the end I had lost any vestige of fold equity and in honesty a double here might not have helped that much.
***** Betfair Poker Hand History for Game 622810117 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $10 Buy-in + $1 Entry Fee, Level:13 Blinds(600/1,200-120 ante) - Sunday, December 20, 20:54:41 GMT 2009
*The Christmas Pudding $1,000 Added #314724
Table 3 9-max (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Total number of active players : 8
Seat 1: flowerace ( 6,198 )
Seat 2: Bad Faith ( 5,976.66 )
Seat 3: SerMak ( 7,453 )
Seat 4: jinkse ( 20,766.66 )
Seat 5: askeneven ( 5,336 )
Seat 7: brokenbra ( 9,910.02 )
Seat 8: Ytterbium ( 29,776.75 )
Seat 9: BOYSDONTCRY ( 22,778 )
Tourney Level:13 Blinds(600/1,200-120 ante)
flowerace posts ante [120]
Ytterbium posts ante [120]
brokenbra posts ante [120]
askeneven posts ante [120]
jinkse posts ante [120]
SerMak posts ante [120]
Bad Faith posts ante [120]
BOYSDONTCRY posts ante [120]
brokenbra posts small blind [600]
Ytterbium posts big blind [1,200]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Bad Faith [ Qc, Qd ]
BOYSDONTCRY folds
flowerace folds
Bad Faith goes all-in
Bad Faith raises to [5,856.66]
SerMak folds
jinkse calls [5,856.66]
askeneven folds
brokenbra folds
Ytterbium folds
** Showdown **
Bad Faith shows [ Qc, Qd ]
jinkse shows [ 8c, Kc ]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 9s, 9c, Kd ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 5d ]
** Dealing River ** [ 6s ]
** Hand Conclusion **
jinkse wins 14,473.32 from main pot with two pair, Kings and Nines
************ Game 622810117 ends ************
The very UGLY
This is inexcusable on every level. I have screwed myself several times making min raises under the gun with strong hands....but I dont seem to learn. The terrible truth is that this hand might not be an isolated incident 
It might be representative of my game.... What is more, I KNEW the villain to be a dangermouse, he is an old hand on BF. I have a special kind of Poker Tourette's Syndrome and need medical help.
***** Betfair Poker Hand History for Game 623299353 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $2.50 Buy-in + $0.25 Entry Fee, Level:2 Blinds(15/30-(no ante)) - Monday, December 21, 21:11:26 GMT 2009
$2.50+$0.25 NL Hold'em #3643458
Table 1 9-max (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of active players : 8
Seat 1: alanharper ( 1,836 )
Seat 2: Johnnielove ( 1,950 )
Seat 3: sidneysnake ( 1,920 )
Seat 5: jackwhack ( 1,894 )
Seat 6: thekiid ( 4,530 )
Seat 7: Bad Faith ( 1,970 )
Seat 8: wulfinshtey ( 2,030 )
Seat 9: irishtoyz ( 1,870 )
Tourney Level:2 Blinds(15/30-(no ante))
jackwhack posts small blind [15]
thekiid posts big blind [30]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Bad Faith [ Kh, Kd ]
Bad Faith raises to [60]
wulfinshtey folds
irishtoyz folds
alanharper folds
Johnnielove calls [60]
sidneysnake folds
jackwhack calls [45]
thekiid folds
** Dealing Flop ** [ Th, 9h, 9d ]
jackwhack checks
Bad Faith bets [210]
Johnnielove calls [210]
jackwhack folds
** Dealing Turn ** [ Qd ]
Bad Faith bets [630]
Johnnielove raises to [1,600]
Bad Faith calls [970]
** Dealing River ** [ Tc ]
Bad Faith checks
Johnnielove goes all-in
Johnnielove bets [80]
Bad Faith calls [80]
** Showdown **
Johnnielove shows [ Js, 9s ] full house, Nines full of Tens
Bad Faith shows [ Kh, Kd ] two pair, Kings and Tens
** Hand Conclusion **
Johnnielove wins 3,990 from main pot with full house, Nines full of Tens
************ Game 623299353 ends ************
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Comments
What is the logic behind min raising pre-flop? I just don't get it and never do it. I pretty consistently raise 3x the BB until you've got less than about 12.5 BBs then it's all in or fold for me.
You got exactly what you deserved.
It's not the most puzzling thing that people do though - that's min raising into a huge pot post flop.
I just played a tournament today when someone bet 20 into a pot with 2200 in it and with two other players to act. Why? What could you possibly acheive with that. It is just staggeringly stupid.
OK, since I am on holiday and RARELY post on your blog, here are my thoughts on these hands.
Hand 1 - what you do with AA entirely depends on the type of opponent you are playing against. Obviously don't fold it (!) but if your opponent is loose or aggressive or both, then you can bet all the way (if he has second pair or straight draw etc he will call/raise all streets), but if he isn't that sort of player you may need to set traps by either limping pre or checking one or more streets postflop. As played he made a terrible river push with a hand that actually had some showdown value and was only getting called if you had the Ace or the straight/FH (depending on how bad he thought you were of course).
Hand 2 - you were down to 5bb, got dealt QQ, pushed, got called by worse and lost a 70-30. Standard. You probably didn't have much fold equity but then again you don't want your opponents to fold when you have Queens so overall no regrets here!
Hand 3 - most interesting of the 3. What you do with KK UTG again depends on table tendency. Against superwild tables you can make a big preflop raise or even openpush (!) and hope you get a caller (it is a 2 dollar STT after all). If it is an aggro table you could even limp and hope someone raises you. Or you can do anything in between and it wouldn't be a mathematical error. Including a minraise. In a vaccum, the best play is probably a 3-4x raise.
The key to this hand was not the preflop play but the postflop play. What the minraise did was invite people in preflop which meant you had to play better postflop. Postflop is where it gets complicated. There are probably various ways to play this and again it depends on the players.
I think a bet on the flop is standard, however you could probably make it a bit less than pot. Why? Because if you make a big bet, this increases the pot size and means you go busto on the turn by being pot committed (which is what happened). As played, you bet pot and got one caller. As you stated, johnnielove is a leaderboard winner and will not be calling you light here in a 3 way pot. But he could be on a draw etc or have a 10.
Turn does not look good, but on further inspection if he has turned 2 pair (eg Q10) you are still ahead with Kings up and he virtually never has QQ for the FH. There are now 2 flush draws on board, but realistically the Heart draw is the only one he could have and you have one of his blockers, so you don't need to bet big on the turn, if at all. Two ways to play this - one, check for pot control and fold if he makes a large bet, or if you pick up a timing tell, otherwise call and reassess on river. Method two, bet small (like 1/3rd pot) and if he raises you probably have to dump it. He is supposed to be a big winning player at these stakes and I can't see him raising unless he has a straight, trips or full boat.
As played, you bet very large, he raised, you felt committed and called and lost to trips. Not dreadful I guess as it is a small stakes STT and he could have something like Q10, however given your read on the player, you can fold this (note: much easier to do if you bet smaller).
Only my opinion, anyone can feel free to disagree! 
Ok - the small versus large bet thing.....I am convinced these muppets at the $2 / $5 STTs who think they are pros multitabling take no notice of standard raises, they toss all their chips into the middle on crazy bluffs if there is the slightest wiff of weakness....sometimes I spot them and call, often I fold. I think the really really stupid thing here was that I knew I was beat, knew the villain was solid, and I just kept banging my head suicidally against the wall. I am bored. And officially, on TILT as i THREW a game last night because I stopped caring. Time to slow down (and probably reduce my bet sizes and fold to the silly bluffs ). Tried to call you to wish you happy Christmas Felix but as usual no answer! Programme the stalkers numbers into your phone so you know who is calling you.
Hope you had a great Christmas too.
Problem with stalkers numbers is they keep changing them so you can't keep ahead of them by programming their numbers in!
I have done an about turn on the KK hand, I was probably being too cautious (and results oriented - maybe next time don't post the outcome?) and think it would probably be fine to just stick it all in on the turn (or bet then call raise as you did). I think you were just unlucky he had trips. Mostly he has A10, QJ, Q10 or a straight or flush draw so you can value bet shove the turn and hope he calls with worse (or folds a draw that may beat you).
As for people bluff raising you when you bet small, yeah they probably do it a lot at small stakes as the money means little etc. My best solution is to generally bet hands I will call an all in with. Otherwise I just check and make a decision depending on their bet size and my relative hand strength.
Incidentally their bluff raising strategy is flawed. To paraphrase Dan Harrington in his classic book - even though bluffing is less successful online, you will see it attempted a lot more often (than in live poker).
lol