Follow up: I played 3/6 limit for awhile and then used the last of it to play in the turbo tourney. I did shitty at 3/6 limit... it was very loose, all senior citizen regs who knew each other and played every hand. It was my second time playing limit live, and in retrospect I think it was a mistake. I didn't stick to a proper tight game, and played loose because the rest of the table did. I got too caught up in what the rest of the table was doing. Shitty excuse, but frustrated at myself for not playing my way.

I did OK in the turbo, played well early but eventually variance bit me, 12 minute levels live will do that. Ended up with QKo in the small blind with 10 BB left... shoved and the big blind called with TT, which held up. Finished 19th out of 42... meh.

In retrospect I'd probably spend the 55 to play in the tourney and save the rest to build up enough to play 1/3 NL... or go to another Casino near me that runs an 80 dollar tournament, but with 20 minute blinds.

So now, I have to wait a couple months to play live again. It's time to get serious about bankroll building and get back to studying the forums and reading books. I did all this when I first got into poker a year ago, and had some run good at the casino back then. I had netted 1k in 4 sessions and started to think I was better than I was. I stopped studying and then hit a couple bad sessions and tilted away my profits and then some.

In the meantime, I recently found out my one of the local casinos runs 25 and 30 dollar satellites on Saturday mornings to win an entry into their deepstack tournaments ($220, $330, $440, $550, and $770 buy ins, increases each Saturday of the month then resets the next month). That could be a fun way to play some cheap live poker while I save up a bankroll. I realize the variance in the satellites will be high but it's a fun, cheap tourney I can play on Saturday morning and if I ever donk my way into the tournament it will be worth it...