Hello everyone, just joined the site and so far have loved it. I'm Rand777 on Pokerstars. I've been playing pretty much exclusively on Stars, for about 3 years now. The first 2 years were up and down breakeven years for me and my biggest problem during that time I think was tilt / emotional control during play. Year 2010 I guess I learned how to take bad beats and keep my head on straight, and patched a few of my leaks as well. I've managed to make about $1500 profit on sng's and mtt's this year playing a limited volume of micro stakes, using actual play as my only learning tool, except reading a few Card Player articles and stuff like that. I won a few 90 mans, ($2, $3, $6.25 KO), one 4.40 180, and shipped a $4 8-max tourney with 1000 runners for $750. I'm ranked somewhere around 36,000 on OPR (PS) for 2010. I think I've reached an intermediate level of skill for NL tourneys and want to take it to the next level. No more putting off joining a training site and finding peers to discuss poker. For 2011 I want to put in some time studying videos, get some online buddies to talk poker, put in more volume, and hopefully make a few grand. I love NL Holdem and love the idea of supplementing my income playing it. I'm excited to become a part of the TPE community, merry christmas and good luck at the tables all!