If I am not mistaken, then in one of the messages Betnomi claimed that the prize fund would be expanded ... I will try to find this message as, I am a little surprised that we started talking about the opposite.
i don't think the series is exactly a boon for their profits. they were probably hoping it would draw in more players/depositors, which would in turn bring more overall traffic to the site. at this size, we should probably be content with whatever crumbs they wanna throw us.
That was the BTC tournament on SWC, in this series we've only been doing the entry and it's FIAT based on Betnomi with a 15$ entry. We haven't run a side pool at all here for lottery or anything like that. I've preferred it this way. I can't even remember what it was at the time but I think it was still around 15 USD at that time depending on price.
same. when the idea originally arose i was hoping the side pool would increase engagement, but at this point i think it's a deterrent. people just wanna buy in and play when they're available (me included), not do some convoluted prepaid side thing.
i like the flat ~15 USD buy-in.