you need a non BR cushion W, and a proven history of Z hand being a winning player at some rate.

This is why most people don't qualify. If you've played 100k hands making $20/hr you should have way more than $1k. If you haven't you probably shouldn't rely on it for income.

Although this is basically what I tried and I was up $2k after 2 weeks then UIGA hit and fucked it all up.