Oh man. Reading the newbie circle of death makes me cringe, wow that hurts. At the very least I feel better to know i'm not the only one. I read around a bunch of other posts and looked around and saw a lot of information floating around.

I noticed the post about live play as opposed to online and it's correct, I have an easier time hitting my local casino in the 1/2 then playing even 0.o5/0.1. I'm tempted to just go out for a night playing some 2/4 just to put some money into the account.

Reading through Doyle Brunsun's super system was helpful to me for a very long time in live play but when it came down to internet play generally the atmosphere is so much more aggressive and I feel as though the rules change dirastically when it comes into that world. Of course, as I am a complete beginner it wouldn't suprise me if i'm wrong. It just seems crazy when you see people like Gus Hansen play and Daniel Nagraneu play and manage to win all those times, yet I feel like I wouldn't even imagine doing some of the things they do. Yet, again, I am a complete beginner and these are pros who have sucessfully accumulated millions of dollars.

Another question I had is has anyone ever had problems with getting the money back from FTP? My friend said he had to keep calling and bugging FTP for them to send him his money.

Lastly, is this how most people start to play wisely? By building up their bankroll from the lower buy in tables?