NP man, if you need a restake to 50$ at some point let me know, or maybe ask someone with deeper pockets for a stake to 100 or 150 and skip 2 NL.

I think you'll be fine though, just don't flame out. It seems exceedingly unlikely you'll lose 20ish buyins at 2NL, so if you do go bust it'd probably be from paying for MTTs or playing above your roll. Anyway, I'm not worried.

The thing I don't like, personally, about the prospect of regrinding from 2NL is that even with a decent winrate you're looking at 15-20k hands of retardo stakes that will likely bore the hell out of you. Banking 50$ means winning 25 BIs, which takes quite a while to accomplish even with a soft field.

I've heard from some people that going through the entire regrind from 2-50NL is a worthwhile experience however. Ensures your fundamentals are solid, even if you perhaps aren't doing much for your game at low stakes i.e. playing against decent regs and so on.

GL, keep us updated man.