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Originally Posted by Loctus
And Chad: Buy a bigger safe.
Actually, all live pros with a milly in cash at home: buy a bigger safe.
Buy a BETTER safe - UL rated as follows:
RSC II: keeps a thief with power tools out for 5 min
TL-15: keeps a thief with power tools out for 15 min
TL-30: keeps a thief with power tools out for 30 min
More than that is like bank vault level protection (and cost), and you should be able to get your security there in 30min easy.
It doesn't have to be so big it can't be moved, but for the rating to count it must be bolted into a large block of concrete with the bolts protected by the safe itself.
Many big heavy safes sold as for example gun safes but with no UL rating or only UL RSC can be opened in < 5min by any tweaker with a sawzall or grinder.
In addition, you need to have a plan when someone shows up intending to torture you to get the safe open. This usually means passive and possibly active building security and a silent alarm system.
The problem for poker players is really very similar to jewelers, gun stores, etc. with large amounts of high value, portable goods they need to protect.