I need some advice. I've been spending a lot of time playing online poker. I've played for many months before, and I thoroughly enjoy the game, and have lost a couple hundred recently. I was playing out of my bank roll and suffered a few really large bad beats. I've stopped doing that and am more controlled. I'm steadily making back the money I lost but it's a big time investment. 5+ hours a day playing is a conservative number. I study the game now, and am rapidly improving. I REALLY want to play live in a casino, that's where the fun is for me. I can't do that at the moment, and quitting now will only weaken my game. I need to be sharp so I can really enjoy the casino experience of live poker. It's not video games, but I can see how this is can be an equivalent waste of time. Should I just dial back the hours?

@Newbietwobie Welcome man. Firstly, assume that your existing knowledge about women and attraction is incorrect. Doing so enables you to learn.

1) Now go to www.trp.red/feed/t/theredpill and read the entire side bar information. It's under "Tribal Texts" and on reddit mobile it's under the "About" tab. Whether you read it all at once or in pieces is up to you, but complete it. That'll be a foundation for your knowledge, helping you connect ideas and make sense of any new information. If you're reading the reddit posts, be careful because there is a blue pill tone that's infiltrating the sub. Sorting the posts by TOP would be a great idea as that information is more likely to be aligned with RP ideas.

2) Start reading The Book of Pook.

Again, more exposure to theory reading will help you recognize RP concepts and internalize theory.

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