[Dave H.]

I started with $12 of "their" money and my goal was never to invest any of mine other than in books. At .02/.04, it took quite a long time to move up, even to .10/.20...about 4 months of part time playing. After a year, though, I'm safely bankrolled for $3/$6.

The nice thing, I think, about being conservative in your approach is that you never have to "kick" yourself (or have someone else kick you) if you lose it all. Also, and equally as important, I think I learned a lot at the low, loose levels and the experiences I got there paid off as I played progressively higher. I know that $3/$6 is no big thing, but it was my goal and that makes it big for me.