Shad1

GL DN, I'm doing the same thing, sitting pretty at $22 atm. My BRM is a lot more conservative than yours, I might need to loosen it up if I want to make the big bucks and hope I run like a god.

I just started really getting into the game a while ago, forums are great resource to learn IMO.

I'm sure you all know Phil Hellmuth. He is a great tournament player. Very unstable after losing hands especially to bad beats. He is good for TV poker just because the way he acts. I find it funny how other pros makes fun of him at his expense and he seems oblivious especially when proclaiming how great he is. Here are some of my favorite vids of Hellmuth from YouTube:Lederer sucks out on Hellmuth: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAK_s91uDOk...feature=relatedHigh Stakes Poker - Phil Hellmuth Meltdown: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2ReMJS7oCA...feature=relatedPhil Hellmuth needs to calm the *

Thanks for the encouragement, I plan on learning as much as I can. Tomorrow I will go and do battle.Goals: Not getting busted first, winning a big pot, and making the final table.Keeping it simple.

Phil Lakk Unabomber-style?

Hey everyone,I plan on going to a NLHE $25+$5 tourney (1k starting chips, $10rb for 500, $10ao for 500, blinds 5/10, increases every 12 minutes, about 20-45 players per tourney) at a local casino. I'm primarily an online player. I feel fairly confident in my poker abilities (read below story). I'm a little nervous, I have heard the competition is average-ish. I never played a real live NLHE tourney except once at a friend's house for a $5 buy-in (that was when I was an uber donk).I'm just curious if any of you that made the switch what kind of tips can you offer me or strategies to help my liv