Alright, so I'm really interested w/ poker, have been my whole life.

I've read the HOHs (not the cash game ones yet), ToP Read 'em and Reap, NLH Theory and Practice- and tons of online articles, I'd like to think I'm pretty well educated in poker, at least enough so to make a dent in the low stakes.

So anyways, I made my account on PStars about a week ago, got Hold'em Manager and PokerStove, deposited 50 dollars w the bonus code, and figured it would be a walk in the park.

Anyways, I realized playing 2NL FR cash games until I hit 125 dollars in my bankroll to move up to 5NL was going to take quite some time, so I figured I would take a stab at the 1+.20 27 player SnGs and some MTTs.

Anyways, I've since lost 12 dollars in SnGs and MTTs and only made about 5 dollars over 2000 hands in cash games to leave me about 7 dollars in the hole after the first week, far from where I though I would be. I'd love to think this is just some negative variance (6.3% flopped set? c'mon), but I'm afraid maybe I'm not quite so good as I though I would be. Anyways, I'm always looking to learn, and will continue to post here and read outside resources, but I was wondering if can even be at all normal to play 12 SnGs and only get itm for 2 of them.

Would you reccomend I just grind the 2NL until $125 and wait until I can buy SnGwiz to play the SnGs and MTTs, or if I'm confident in my abilities as a tourney player, can I continue to play the tournaments? Does it require a larger bankroll to play sngs or MTTs? Are MTTs w no rebuys or add ons even worth my time?

Do any of you guys frequently play both SnGs and Cash Games, or do you generally just stick to one?

Thanks for getting me off on the right foot here, I've realized its not going to be the fairy tale I imagined haha.

JoeHaw