Forkmantis -
You might be interested to know that I managed to run $10 free at Pacific to over 3K in less than 8 weeks. I had cashed all of my money out of neteller, so I took a shot with the 10 bucks.

Don't buy in short man. Play solid, but take a shot with the free money.

If I had only 60 bucks to either play poker with or buy poker tracker - I'd play poker with it. Buy poker tracker once with some winnings later on. Right now you just need to get some real money experience under your belt.