I somewhat agree with ATsai.
Whether GR is a winner or not, he really hurts his chances having an effective bankroll of zero. With 2 BIs you can hardly make a single bet without worrying about busting, trying to play poker like that is a tremendous handicap.
I think 10k is overkill. I don't like the idea of going into debt to gamble, even in a case where repaying it won't be a problem, without fully understanding the risk (if we could say our ev is X and our RoR is Y that would be different, but we can't make that informed a decision here.) We also don't know if GR is or could be any kind of problem gambler -- the skill level in live poker is like 2NL online so it's easy to forget we're playing with significant money for a lot of people and may have some kind of psychological effect.
I would just play really nitty at first and observe, try to get a handle on the game, and figure out exactly how you're going to win. That will give you some confidence and allow you to make good decisions on a short roll without doubting yourself. That will be +ev in the long run.
2.5 BIs is the bare minimum I like to have on hand to play -- lets me rebuy once and top up and still have a full stack, I rarely have to worry about busting in any given session.
Having a replenishing roll of 2 BIs a month is really not a bad spot to be in. It's probably the best realistic scenario for someone just getting in to live poker.
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Originally Posted by ZuneIt
Re: Borrowing to finance your bankroll:
Has anyone not yet noticed that GloryRising [who started this] has not commented in over 55 hours, despite having just been here last night @ 11:48PM.
I would think that if he was serious, he'd have a lil' sumpin' to say about the pages of comments about borrowing money.......eh?
I think he started a standalone thread which was merged into here, so it's possible he hasn't seen any of the replies.