Short answer is “no, everybody will reincarnate within 49 days”.
However, there are negative implications if one commits suicide. For the details, watch Venerable 如得’s discourse:
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something else to share on this sombre topic: Master Ri-Chang’s Lamrim Commentary Track 52A
【此复若是杀者自杀，有加行罪，无究竟罪。】"This is in consideration of cases of suicide, and when there is a sin of commission that lacks culmination.”
因为这个杀生一定是杀的对方，所以假定说你杀的自己的话，你有加行罪却没究竟罪，因为这个四相当中，“事”没有，你被杀的对象没有，你杀自己了。
【《瑜伽师地论》于此意趣，说他有情，】"Moreover, the 《Levels of Yogic Deeds》 adds the qualification “other,” as in “another living being.”
因为这个论上面告诉我们，所谓杀生的事一定杀的对方。所以说如果自杀的话，你没有被杀的对方，所以这个罪不究竟。但是你有杀的这个行为呀，所以有它的加行，加行就是你“杀”那个行为，这个是有的，你只要沾上一点，就沾多少就有多少罪。
My reading is the Karma from committing suicide is of a lesser degree than killing another person.
In case anyone is concerned why I seem to be harping on “suicide”, my fascination is more on how these Buddhist Teachers and their Sutras are able to provide such a wide breath and depth of coverage touching on so many practical areas of concern in our life - relevant even now.
Sharing Master Sheng Yen’s discourse in which he talks about the preciousness of life and his argument against taking one’s own life:
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