Quote Originally Posted by ProZachNation
I have been playing some play money SnGs they are more fun than ring, I placed in the money on 1/3(bubbled a 45 person one) and came in 2nd on another(took a bad beat when I had the big stack and pushed him all in on the flop and he pulled a card on the river)
While this is good, it has nothing to do with how you will do in real money games. I went back a couple of times to play for play money after I started seeing success in real money; I'm convinced that by playing moderately close to a winning strategy in real money games, I could place ITM EVERY game.

I agree that you're likely to have a tough time on Stars with that low a buy-in. That said, it has been done. One of my friends built $50 to over $1k this summer (though he'd previously spent months studying on here and had busted out a few times prior).

The best site, in my opinion, to start playing with a limited bankroll is Ultimate Bet. They offer $2 buyin ring games (games at which money is on the line in every game with the same .01/.02 blinds that you see in higher buyin games) and $1+.1 SnGs (of single and multiple table varieties). Further, if you're interested in ring games, UB paying your bonus money after every sitting can be very helpful in starting to build a roll. I started in December at UB with $25.