Originally Posted by Slink409

I suggest you stay away from .50/1dollar until you have a better idea of what the hell your doing. Start out small and consider playing more than one table at a time. Get a lot of hands under your belt and move up in stakes 1 level at a time as your bankroll allows.

Someone might have already mentioned it, but you need software to track stats. I suggest Hold'em Manager or Poker Tracker, both have free trials.

Get some books and read them, more than once. This will improve your play so fucking much!

Finally, spend some time on the twoplustwo.com forums. Not easy to navigate but that place is loaded with great free information.