Hey guys, you are witnessing my first post ever here at FTR, so go easy on me.

So my first week of poker is finally over, have lost a couple hundred dollars, and can't do anything but laugh at myself. The first couple days were my biggest losses, thinking I could just luck my way and bluff everyone out of their money. Well, that didn't turn out to hot.

But recently, I have been actually playing decent, I was ITM at a 45player SNG on Full Tilt, played about 10 SNG's on Bodog and was ITM on i believe 4 of them. I actually broke even yesterday which was a big plus for me. I have read almost all the articles posted on this site, which have helped tremendously. I have read through a bunch of the forum posts which are also quite interesting and will reflect what I have read into my poker play.

To the questions...

First off, what are the abbreviations you guys have for positions? I see UTG, UTG+1, CO, MP all that mumbo jumbo, if you could translate that for me that would be awesome, I've looked around on the site and haven't found the meanings of those.

Should I post my hand histories on here often, to get advice and critiques and what not?

What kind of notes do I take on players?

What is the best tourney's for my whooping BR of 51$?

What poker tools would be most valuable to me?

What poker books would be the most valuable to me, or any other recommended sites for NL Hold'em strategies?

Thanks guys, so far you have been a real help