Ah, to be bullet proof. As you say, you are not always on song and what if one of the other players is more on song than him?

10-12k is maybe okay then if you have a 60k plus (20%) bankroll but not if you only have a 12k bankroll.

Good luck to him anyway. I would love to be good at poker and not a break even or less player.

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