Little background on myself:
21yr old college student studying accounting and finance (priority)

Poker Enthusiast - especially into theory (perhaps even more than playing)

This Spring I'll be taking a tax internship that should free up my evenings to play some poker and grind up some extra cash hopefully. There is also a charitable expo every week that I'll be attending to play some live cash games (I love Live ).

I got into poker roughly two years ago. It started as a thing to do with friends, and then a unhealthy obsession to get better at it. I took time to focus on my studies, but now am ready to get back in the grind as I'll have more free time this spring and would like to focus on live poker, but intend on playing Bovada on the weekdays to hone my poker skills.

Current Poker Results
7 Online Deposits: First five were $100 on ACR and I essentially went busto every time being an aggro spewtard

6th Deposit was $50, and I grinded it up to $450 playing a mix of 2NL,5NL, and 10NL on ACR (mostly 2&5NL). Cashed that sucker out, because I was taking a shot live (lol bankroll probs). That went well actually and I made just under 9k last summer basically running like God and coolering people left and right. Unfortunately due to a minor car accident, that wasn't so minor financially I lost 4k .

7th Deposit was $150 on Bovada and $150 on ACR. ACR I got 3rd in a mtt for $850ish while drunk showing my friends how you could actually play online poker still and have since cashed that out for college books/food etc. Bovada roll went busto playing too high, and justifying it by saying I make enough live to cover it.

Live Poker has been friendly to me so far, but I semi-understand the variance that comes along with it. I have had decent success, and I mainly attribute it to luck along with a goodish playing style I have worked on immensely.

The Goal for the Spring

Online
Deposit $450 into Bovada and initially play 10nl strictly (no mtt's)

Identify leaks in my game and get support from community in this endeavor

Have a roll for 50nl by end of internship

Get coaching if need be

Live
Go the Charitable Expo Games as many weekends as I can

Play 1/1 and 1/3 cash games and try to continue the rungood

Focus on developing my reads and getting as good at exploitative play as possible

Identify the spots I am obviously too weak-tight, and also spots I'm leaking money in (preflop is the first place to look in my game).

Studying, Bankroll, etc.
Current Roll: 5kish (Internship pays rather handsomely, but I'd rather save most of that and put a decent chunk into my IRA)

I'm currently a member of Crush Live Poker, and I've really enjoyed their content (shoutout). Used to be a member of DC, but I've downloaded most of their content, and use it primarily for training my 6-max online game. I will say that DC taught me so much so quickly it is totally worth it if anyone is interested.

Finally, even though I plan on posting in this thread regularly when 2016 rolls around, my primary focus is on performing in my job. If at any point I feel like poker is hindering my progress in the real-world, I'll have to set my priorities straight. I don't have an addictive personality, nor am I particularly compulsive, so I don't forsee this being an issue.

tldr; I'm another 21yr old who wants to play more poker.... go figure

Wish you all the best sir!

Maybe concentrate 100% online rather than live just a suggestion from a friendly poster

I'd rather not focus 100% online. I enjoy live more than than playing online and I'll be playing 10nl and 25nl on Bovada anyways. This leaves quite a big roll left over I can use for live games. Also, the live games that I'll be playing in have been incredibly soft every time I've been there. One thing I have yet to figure out is how I'm going to get transportation to-and-from these games as I'm not bringing a car to downtown Chicago.

Yeah what ever floats your boat mate but grinding 10 + 25nl online then playing 100 or 300 NL at night doesn't make sense if you hit a down swing live I can't see you having the right mind set to grind out 30 dollar pots online when your stuck 500 600 1K live . Poker isn't going any ware grind online sharping your game study more then crush live when your at the top of your game.

My advice any way
GL at the tables bro!

Premature post, but played a small 3-hr session today at the casino: +$224. No interesting spots, just a bunch of OMC's and one drooler. Once the drooler left so did I.

Another premature post, but whatever. Played 1/3 at a charity function and won $600. Played a small 25nl home game with some friends and won $105 off of that.

Gearing up for the new year, and am about ready to start my Bovada grind. I've been listening to a lot of CLP, so I'll need to get back into the study grind for the online pokerz.

Subbed good luck!

I presume chip pron and graphs are expected for a good PG&C thread, so those will be coming in the New Year. Considering a RIO membership, but I'm going to grind a bit online before I make another poker purchase.

Today is a study day. Looking to tackle some chapters of Seidman's book and do some HH reviews. Hopefully get in 4ish hours. Considering purchasing Malmuths new book or Tendler's, although I'm not sure which. One thing I have to figure out is my ratio of withdrawing from my bankroll and building the bankroll. I spoiled myself and some family members with my poker monies on Christmas ( Xbox One )

After study day had a bad session where I lost a $240 buy-in and didn't have the right mindset to rebuy (tired and tilted... Deadly combo).

Today, I got to go sign the lease for my new Chicago apartment, which also gave me the chance to check out Hammond. That place is awesome! Ended up +400 for the day, and thought the service, dealers, and opponent quality was all outstanding.

Edit: in regards to opponent quality, it was all loose preflop/fit-or-fold villains (10x preflop raise size ftw). One massive drooler came to the table, but he was short stacked the first two times I busted him and then I couldn't get in another good pot with him full stacked.

First live session of the year was crummy. Bought in for $300 because the table was pretty full stacked. Ran into a few good hands early, but loss momentum and got in some lame preflop all-in spots against shortstacks. TT<AQ AK<99. I was down to $100ish considering reloading, but we got short handed. I seem to make most of my money at live 1/2 when there's 6 or less players. Most villains just can't adjust to short handed action, which gives me a huge edge imo.
Altogether ended up -$106, but I'm confident in my play today. Moving to Chicago on the 4th, and hoping to start grinding online by the 15th.