*cue the golf clap for the Billy Madison reference*

What's up boys, this is my first post here. I've been a long-time lurker here and read many of the strategy articles and essays, as well as some of the vids. I've been playing live poker for a few years and online for about a year now with mixed results. I deposited a $100 back in March of '08 and my bankroll currently sits at $207. So technically I'm not a losing player, but good grief I'm so ready to actually buckle down and start getting serious about this game.

I'm typically a small-ball player, more so in live games since those tend to be even more passive than online. It's amazing how good I am at playing my opponent's cards in a live game but online I'm very amateurish and seem to make enough mistakes that keeps me from breaking out of the "up and down" online bankroll routine.

My pre-flop strategy is industry standard for a semi-loose, small-ball player. It's after the flop where my play suffers, but not for the reason you might think. To be honest, I think the single biggest reason why I'm stuck in bankroll purgatory is I'm completely undisciplined. I've read all the books and blogs from today's and yesterday's biggest names in poker. I get it. So why the hell doesn't it translate into results?

I can play a shit ton of hands perfectly and then lose a huge pot with bottom two pair to someone who flopped the nuts. I can only be so passive/nitty and sometimes I just don't believe them. Turns out I'm wrong more often which is why my bankroll is increasing at a snail's pace.

It's shit or get off the pot with this game for me. I treat it as a hobby when I want it to be more than that. I'm not into the WPT style of poker and bingo tournaments we all see on late night television. Cash games are where it's at. It's real poker the way it was meant to be played.

Hopefully FTR will help me down a new results-driven, profitable path where some of the more experienced players will break down what the hell I may be doing wrong.

Does anyone know of any good online coaching sites that cater to laggy small-ball cash game players? Or should I stick to the FTR forums for now?

Also, I don't really use any tools like PokerStove or PT3. Could not tracking my results/stats be half my problem?

My goal is to be playing profitably at $50NL in 6 months and then go from there. How many hands should I be playing per week at $5 or $10NL to realistically get to that point while following standard BRM?