I've thought about posting an op for a long time, and now it's time to make the leap. I'm a part-time player meaning currently, I play about 10-14 hours per week at night and on weekends. I have a full-time job and I'm a full-time husband and father of two young children.

This op will help me on my way to making my first $1000 playing poker. I've been playing off and on for about 2 years now. I consider myself to be a decent player with a lot to learn. I understand BR Management and I practice it pretty closely. Now for my stated goals and methods:

Play $2.00 FR and 6-max about 10 hours a week, single or two table. I'm still learning so I don't want to give up my reads by playing more than that.

Play several $3.40 ST SNGs per week. Maybe between 5-10. I'll also throw in some multi-table turbos as well.

Try to play in a couple of MTT tourneys per week. Mostly of the $2.20 turbo kind. I prefer turbo because they are much faster to play, even though the variance is obviously much higher and the emphasis is mostly on pre-flop play, especially late.

My currently BR is $283.42. As stated, the goal for this OP is $1000 but I won't give a time frame because I'm more interested in doing it right than doing it fast. I play exclusively on Poker Stars simply because that is where I have the money. I started out by cashing in a couple of PCA free-rolls that gave me $7.50 and I've worked my way up and down from there. Most of my BR is due to SNG play, but now I'm actively trying to build it up through cash games. Once I've hit $50 in cash games, I'll move up to $5.00 cash.

I'm focused and I'm ready!