Hi all Ive been visiting the forums for awhile now but here is my first post.

Ive been playing online poker for about a month now and lost 50 bucks right away playing .25-.50 limit ring games on UB and pokerroom. At first, I thought I was just an idiot, but later on, I learned about variance, loose players sucking out on me and getting the lucky draws, but later on after that i found out I was just being an idiot and playing way too many hole cards, not respecting bets (seems like everyone at my level plays straight up), and not attempting to push people out when I had improving hands...

After that I went on a winning streak and almost tripled up my last 25 bucks playing .25-.50 on UB. Later on I went on tilt and washed that whole things right down the toilet. My winning streak actually hit while playing 6 handed games because I liked seeing more action and not having 10 people call me to the river. I played tight/agg during this time, pushing people around, folding to save losses et

Anyways, I took another 40 and went to Pokerrooms .25-.50 no limit and lost it. Right before I lost my last 10 bucks however, I thought I had it all figured out but then lost my money to a river draw. DAMMIT. Oh well shoulda had a bigger BR. I really liked no-limit however because I could bet out with strong hands, and get enough people to fold and enough to call that I could take some decent pots.

I look back just a month ago and I cannot believe I gave myself that much money to play with. I feel like I gave it to a child. Hopefully, in another month I will look back and think the same thing about myself today.

Finally I have decided to buy myself sklanksy and WLLHE for Christmas and eventually put another 50 in and get my shit together.

I have 2 problems however. First, I would love to practice with play chips online but its so loose in those games that I wonder if I am getting practice at all. My friends and I will buy a case of beer a couple times a week and play poker but since its usually only 4 handed and looser than online play chips (they piss me off) its more of a crapshoot there.

2nd, my 50 dollar investment is quite small and I need to build up some BR before moving back into NL, but I hate playing the micro limit games now especially with the craziness. I definitely do not want to put 500 bucks into my UB account quite yet. Hopefully I could just sit in on 3 tables and wait for great hands and maximize against these maniacs..

So, after all this crap youve just read, I have a simple question:
Where would you all start if you had 50 bucks to begin?