I am a beginner, that's no secret, but since deciding to properly try my hand at poker I feel that I have worked pretty hard with regards to my game. I have studied maths more in the last few months than I ever did at school. I know relative strengths (I think) of hands and the importance of position. I've watched a bunch of the vids over and over on here and asked a few questions. Yet here I am again after coming home early from a local pub MTT. Now I realise those things can be a bit of a crap shoot as the range of player is just ridiculous but it's the same online at the mo. I am down $15 bucks on my free bank role at Full Tilt and everything I am trying is not paying off. I get called on EVERYTHING. I hit nothing and I am pretty damn frustrated.
I want to hear any thoughts you all might have to improve more rapidly because if this continues I reckon I'll jack this in before I have got started...and I really don't want to do that.
I would consider a coaching session or two but I can't afford 100s of bucks an hour...A cheaper session though I would consider...
So without sounding too pathetic...Please help.