Tips from someone in a similar situation.

First of all you need $500. This is your biggest hurdle of all, because once you get $500 you can whore effectively, and 2k will be super easy to attain. I started over with 500 last week and im alread 75% there.

Another good thing about 500 is that you can play 25nl. Murdoc said 800 is properly rolled, I feel that 500 is sufficient unless your game needs a LOT of work. I am not that good at all (only been playing about 40-50k hands) and my winning rate at at 25nl on Party is at a stable 8bb/100, which translates to roughly 10 bucks an hour five-tabling.

As far as getting to 500, that's tough. You're just going to have to grind it out at the 10nl tables until then. Just play squeaky tight (13% vpip or lower) see 90% of flops when you have a pocket pair, etc. Read Aokrongly's stuff about super tight play.