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10K is QUITE a large sum of money to probably 90%+ of the population in the US, even those of us who make a comfortable living don't sneeze at 10 grand.

Not all of us can be high rollers playing with hundreds of thousands every night and I think it's pretty elitest to say that if you don't then "poker isn't the thing for you"

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10k can simultaneously be a sizeable amount of money and also not very much considering the context of the question. 10k just isn't all that much when you're talking about high-limit poker or securing a safe deposit box at the cage in Vegas.