Very happy to hear that the new Kee contest generated the kind of response I was anticipating.
If you did get in, you're going to want to read the rules very carefully, as even excluding what I'm pretty sure is the first ever coat and tie dress code, there are at least two items which are different than most cash contests, starting with the first tiebreaker, which is the total amount wagered.
Of potentially far more importance is that unlike yesterday, in the event of a signer which triggers withholding, a player's bankroll is only credited with the net amount collected. You can dilute the impact somewhat the same way you do when wagering, namely through 50 cent tris, although depending on the circumstances, that can obviously take quite a bit of time at the windows.
Finally, for those of you with little to no contest experience who are thinking about getting your feet wet, you should know that there is no evidence to support the idea that there's a relationship between handicapping ability and the amount one spends to enter a contest or get qualfied. If anything, any relationship which does exist is exactly the opposite of the one suggested, as in you will earn the respect of the best players if, in addition to everything else, you're able to figure out a way to qualify on the cheap, so to speak. Although this isn't my personal opinion, the reality is that a majority believes that those who pony up $5k to compete against less than 50 players for five spots are in some respects trying to buy their way in.
But don't take my word for it. You can ask any number of the "clueless blind stabbers" who made up the majority of those who entered the SA contest, starting with two gentlemen who qualified yesterday, namely: (1) Dennis Decauwer, who collected $150k for finishing 2nd at the most recent NHC after qualifying last year in a contest with a zero entry fee, and (2) Richard Goodall, who won $500k and the NHC the year before last after qualifying online in one of the last of the $400 single day nhcqualify online contests.
