Making the transition from limit to NL

[jacattac]

Hello everyone,

This is my first post in the NL section of the site as I have been concentrating on my limit game. I started playing back in May of this year and have done quite well (by my standards) playing $.5/1 1/2 2/4 both full tables and 6 max. While I still have light years to go before I will even pretend to be a decent limit player I tought I would try a little NL to mix things up a bit.

So far, I have played in a couple of tourneys, one of which I placed thrid at my local casino, sit & goes and a couple of ring games. At times I have done well and other times I've had my ass busted and sent packing. However, I still want to give it a shot.

So far all that I have done to learn NL is to buy HOH 1&2. I know this usually only applies to tournaments, but I was hoping that it would also help my basic understanding of NL. What area should I focus on first, tournaments, cash games, S&G's...also what other material should I get to improve my game. I'm literally starting from scracth here so any guidance would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks for your time.