Harsh words maybe BUT it is the truth I AM NOT a losing player I was also NOT A WINNING PLAYER I'm a break even player big wins big losses small wins small losses in the 6 months i've been here I have done nothing but read poker books. Books on odds, math, reading hands, tells, bluff's not just one factor of the game but the game in general. I realize in my time off I did not have to be a break even player because there was so much I did not understand and grasp that I feel I am grasping now and in 3 more month's I think of how much more I will grasp. I think it's easy to not become a losing player but it is VERY VERY VERY hard to become a winning player.
I don't know if you can go right from losing player to winning player I'm sure it's possible but it might give you a better feel if you aim'ed for break even player and after spending some time there understanding what you are doing wrong at break even you can progress to winning player. 6 months off is a GODSEND but it's 6 months off PLAYING not 6 months of of poker. It's 6 months of studying, learning, thinking, analyzing, after some time off you begin to realize what you were doing was wrong or if not wrong then it was just not the best way of doing things to get the most out of your game.
One of the biggest things I've learned so far that hurt my game was not pumping the pots because I was afraid of losing but after studing some of the math and the theory over and over and over again I learned that my logic sucked. I was not losing because I was playing scared but I was not winning as much as I should have been hence my endless endless sessions of break even play.
summed up take the playing time off but don't stop learning and studying there is a lot of good info on these pages from TP and Zybomb don't just read it LEARN IT ANALYZE IT and slowly put it into practice.
I'm a B&M player who dabbles on the internet if you can find a casino play in the B&M rooms and find a low limit game where the blinds don't hurt and just look at ppl how they act how they play a person you can see on tilt is a lot better than a guy online who says he's on tilt cause he played the last 20 hands.
Take time off read study buy good books from good sources try Sklanskys new NLHE book or if that's too hard a read try the book "why I lose at poker"
good luck man I hope you make it
Because when I get back to the USA I'm sure gonna
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