Um...I work at a restaurant so I would go after work with my tips, around 40-60 bucks . It was a 3-6 game, 6-12 kill pots. Very loose. And Lets say I came in a pot for a raise with AK and flopped top pair and bet the whole way and got sucked out on the river. 6 (pre flop) 3 (flop) 6 (turn) 12(river, raised/called). That's 27 lost right there. That's about half my buy-in just to see one hand to the river. In a Kill pot it would be 54. So yeah, got addicted to the game and played every day and never left when I was up...I'd play from 10 pm until 6:30 AM then go to school. I really got addicted. And in about one year I lost like 10 grand. I'm a much better poker player now...but who cares, I could have 10 grand in my pocket right now.

And if anyone here is trying to make money at poker...don't play a 2/4 or 3/6 game. Too much loose play and the rake is too big compared to your buy in. And don't even think about "bluffing" I've called a raise because I thought someone was holding AK. Flop was crap, I check raise, bet on turn, bet on river, AK calls and wins with ace high. This happens a lot. Don't bluff in these small limit games. It's cheap to play these games if you want to just learn how to play however. If you want to make money, go for the higher limit games and make sure you have a good bankroll. If you're going to buy in for $500 in a 10/20 game, make sure you got like 10K, so the world is not over if you lose this time. Geese don't want to talk about poker anymore, brings me bad memories.