So I've been officially counting for 4 months now, roughly about 180 hours of play in total. I am in the red and BR is down 30%. I attribute my 2 big loses to playing under bad conditions just because I could drive there. I am now flying to better stores every other weekend (I have a full-time job) and putting in 16-20 hours play per trip. Getting it to at least black would probably take me till the end of the year.

For those successful, did you start off getting your BR up slowly or did you get to red first and worked your way up? I am worried that I'll be one of those who tried and failed. I hope not.