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It takes a while to find your game. Keep playing and try to learn from every hand. Start with preflop play and know why you're getting into a hand - position, cards and the action of the other players; they all matter.
Post flop you'll have to get a feel for how your limit and type game players play and adjust your game. Different limits play differently - more loose for lower (or micro) limits, more standard and agressive play on higher limits. There are different syles of play for loose/weak tables vs agressive/strong tables. The main thing with loose micro tables (I used to play .5/$1 which isn't really micro) is that you have to watch out for drawing hands and be able to spot when the other player hit it.
Poker is learned over thousands of hands of play - regardless of the books. They give you the theory, but you adjust based on the conditions at your table. And you'll find where your style game fits best. I learned playing .5/$1 over a number of years, but found my own playing SnG NL games. There are fewer decisions that are played for more chips. But, I'm not a fan of NL Ring games. And limit to me now is like watching paint dry.
If you're trying to play too sophisticated a game - based on the books - then you might want to simplify. I have a chart I made that tells me what to do in most common situations, and when in doubt I follow the chart. (and I've been playing for years) The key is to play consistently - win or lose. Then you can analyze how that is working over the long term and make adjustments. At micro levels you're playing to build your Game, not really your bankroll.
When I lose a number of tournaments then I look at my notes from each tournament and ask what happened? How did I misplay or was it just bad luck. Consistent bad luck generally means you're playing 2nd best cards, your game is right but you're playing the wrong stakes (I doubt I could win money long term on micro tables because there are too many calling stations who play anything), or you're underbetting and letting people get free or cheap cards when you're ahead.
Play the limits that you can afford, but I'll tell you a story. When I was a teenager I read a book on how to teach my cat to use the toilet. I tried and tried to get the cat to do it, according to the book. And then I realized that THE CAT didn't read the book!!! You may be playing a good game against people who are too stupid to know they're beat, so they keep drawing miracle hands. If they didn't read the book, then they can't be toilet trained.
#1 Keep playing.
#2 Keep playing correctly - like anything good habits pay off long term
#3 Learn from every hand and decide if it was your cards, your betting, your reads/observation, bad beat, etc. and improve over time.
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