I was at a no-limit game a few weeks ago that worked out pretty well. Buy-in was $5 and the blinds were much lower (pretty sure it was just 5/10). Some folks had to buy in a few times, but there weren't any swings bigger than $20 since the most you could lose on a hand was $5, which, in gambling terms, is equal to about 12 seconds at a blackjack table.

You can't beat the thrill of staring down at your straight and pushing your entire stack of chips forward. Or the agony of having that hand beaten by someone else with a flush, and yet another with quads, dammit.