Have to start somewhere,

So I have a lot of time on my hands, my job is stalled in progression and I still get a salary but I have nothing to do, I don’t even have to go into the office if I don’t want to. This would be a dream position for most people but I feel a sense of uselessness and that I'm wasting my life, I am currently an expat so there isnt much for me to do with my friends other than my trips home every few months. Dont get me wrong I love my job it pays well and has good progression but I just cant sit still! So I have decided to start doing something I always wanted to do but didn’t have enough time to do. Learn poker the proper way! I have the time and the safety to do this regularly, however I will not be being stupid, I will not be putting any cash into my account after the original bankroll, if I lose it I will stop completely.

I have played poker casually in the past, but I was never any good at it, sure I understood the basics but I would always tilt, make bad decisions, have no bankroll management mainly because I just didn't care but now I decided to start fresh I like challenges/math/psychology/logic puzzles as I grew up so I figured this would be a good project. I think I have made a total of $200 total over the casual time I played, big upswings and downswings as I only cared about how much money I made, including weeks of throwing away $100 at a time and then my 1 big win of a $10 MTT with few entrants for $1000.

I will be doing regular study and setting myself goals. I will be using the www.pokerstrategy.com site for basics as a start until I learn to analyse myself, as they sponsored a SC2 event a while ago and I setup an account there. I also thought this blog/journal would be a good outlet to put my thoughts on paper and track my progress! I have lurked lp.net for a while but time to contribute I think!

Needless to say I will not be aiming to make money, but to get good at the game. My starting Bankroll will be $500 USD which was still in my frozen pokerstars account from a long time ago, that account is frozen so I think it is a good testament that I have time while the process goes through to unlock it to start studying.

Feel free to suggest some benchmarks, books/studying material for me! From what I hear getting a stars account unlocked is a nightmare so I might have some time to start reading before I sit down at a table to put it into practice!

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