Anyway, since you have mentioned it that someone hit 900x with a matched minimum bet for the contest, it makes me think harder in order to participate because lets say the 900x is for the contest then it will be harder for me to win the 1st prize.

You can check it in the recent "All Players" bets; it's still there. That 900x hit was also posted on the dake.gg Twitter account, and you can verify it if you want to. I don't want my post to discourage you from joining the contest. I checked the recent "All Players" bets again and noticed the same player betting $1,000 on Gemhala. This makes me think that he might be outside the forum, considering he's a high roller.