[ChipFish]

First off dickwad, I am not backpeddling.

Perhaps had I given poor advice to begin with; such as "tourney players at Pacific are really poor, you should play tourneys with your $10 to build your roll", then everyone would be happy. Well, Bigjohn wouldn't be happy. He'd be broke.
It's that simple.

If he's playing with a Starting bankroll of $10, he should NOT be playing tourneys.

Now then.
Advice can change with a different bankroll.
He's at roughly $40 bucks now.
If I remember correctly Pacific has $2+.25or+.5 SNGs....
Easy money there.
Now, he can make the choice of playing micro-limit ring games, or small but-in tourneys.