[Shaun]

I think 16k is enough to play the 400's. You'll just have to get used to much larger swings. A 1200$ swing is 3 buy-ins in the 400's but 12 in the 100's. Swings that seem huge compared to what you're used to are really nothing in the bigger games.

If you start off badly in the 400's (stuck like 2 grand) it might hurt your confidence and make you think "what am I doing?". There seems to be a lot of 200$ games now, so maybe that is the next place you should go. That way you have virtually zero risk of ruin. Really, even with the 400's you have a small ROR as long as you don't go nuts.

Anyway, I am like you- I've had the bankroll for the 1000's for a little while but am content to keep slowly building in the 4's until I get enough so that a bad run in the bigger games will have zero effect on my mindset. For me I need a huge bankroll much greater than what is needed to get that piece of mind.

Good Luck