New to the Game - Attempting an Ultra-Fast Rise, Advice

Originally Posted by Stoic5

As Sklansky said paraphrased, Not be the guy playing in the all-pro NLHold'em game while the drunken fish stud game is going on next table over.

This is a great example of "what not to do" if you want to become a poker pro with little experience, and is one of many pieces of advice which will send you in entirely the wrong direction as a new player. Trying to learn many games at micro stakes is going to really harm your hourly when compared with focusing all your attention at one game. It's not a problem when you're already playing high stakes NLHE but it'll complicate matters and slow your progress at micro stakes. Each game requires very different skills and knowledge and trying to learn all that at once will be confusing

Originally Posted by Pascal

This is a great example of "what not to do" if you want to become a poker pro with little experience, and is one of many pieces of advice which will send you in entirely the wrong direction as a new player. Trying to learn many games at micro stakes is going to really harm your hourly when compared with focusing all your attention at one game. It's not a problem when you're already playing high stakes NLHE but it'll complicate matters and slow your progress at micro stakes. Each game requires very different skills and knowledge and trying to learn all that at once will be confusing

Thanks for the tip. I'm doing this goal live right now. The field is huge, 40+ $1/$2 tables on weekends, 15+ on weekdays. ~5 $2/$5 tables for when I move up. I've been specializing in NLHE 100%. Still in the process of plugging massive leaks in my game, but at least I can see them and I am gaining perspective. I am top 3 players at every $1/$2 table I've played at, #1 around half the time. Regs and Higher stakes players are easy to spot, and are typically helpful, willing to give me advice and talk strategy. The field is almost perfect to learn without going broke.