What does a 1p/2p poker table actually cost?

The blinds are not the price of a session

In a fictional £0.01/£0.02 cash game, the big blind is 2p. Buying in for 100 big blinds means bringing £2 to the table: 100 × £0.02. You can lose the entire £2, not just the 2p big blind. If you buy in twice for the same amount, you have put £4 at risk.

The word “micro” describes small stakes. It does not establish that opponents are inexperienced, that losses are unlikely or that the game is suitable for your budget.

Read three amounts together

• Blinds: the forced bets that begin each hand.
• Minimum and maximum buy-in: how much you may bring to that table.
• Rake and cap: the fee rule applied to eligible pots.

For an illustrative £0.40 pot charged at 5% before a cap applies, the fee is £0.02. Real schedules may have rounding, minimums and conditions that change the result. Use the actual table’s schedule, not this teaching example, to compare rooms.

Decide before a second buy-in

Suppose your session limit is one £2 buy-in. Losing it means stopping, even if the software offers another seat or the same table. A permission to rebuy is not a reason to change your limit. Do not move up because a higher-stakes table happens to have more seats available.

How to use this when choosing a room

Find a room’s published profile, then confirm the exact stakes and fee schedule for your market. This guide does not promise that a named room currently offers 1p/2p games. If your aim is to learn betting order and hand rankings, the private play-chip table avoids a financial stake entirely.