No, no it wasn't very assuring. That got Aimery's eyebrows up proper. 10 marks to start? That was risky, but between what he'd earned and what he'd obtained, he could handle it. At worst, if he lost, he could regain it with some convenient bumping-into after the game. He shrugged and laid 10 marks in the middle of the table with the rest of the buy-ins before laying his wallet in front of him, trying to show he was willing to bet more (putting it away immediately might imply he was expecting to fold after the first hand).