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[Cyclist]

Hi, I'm Ben and I live in Birmingham (UK).

I'm 19, I work as a cycle courier and I am pretty new to poker. I started playing micro limit games on and off about a year ago but I recently decided that I would like to go travelling before my 20th birthday, currently 186 days away. I'm planning to travel for a while so I'd like to be able to fund it by playing online poker.

I am currently re-reading "Winning Low Limit Hold'em" by Lee Jones. This week I played for seven hours and lost $35 in total, playing .50/1 limit hold'em, which seems pretty bad. However, I have nothing at all planned between now and when I want to travel apart from work and playing bike polo, so I can put a lot of time into it. I reckon that if I can be earning $4/hr by the time I leave, I'll be sweet.

Am I reading the right stuff? Am I playing the right limits/game? Any opinions, I'd love your advice.

[krazytxan]

Welcome to ITH!!

[nsidestrate]

Given the nature of our community, you will find most of us swear by Matthew's book for folks learning to play limit poker. That would be "Internet Texas Hold-em" by Matthew Hilger.

There are other good books on limit poker out there, but in my opinion Matthew's is the best.

[Cyclist]

Ok cool, I'll give that book a look. I've been thinking that I could do with a book that's internet-specific

[Cyclist]

Many thanks for reccomending this book. I've just finished it and I'm gonna read it through a few more time, it's excellent. Now I just need to start applying the lessons learned.