$1500 prize is an enormous amount to reward the users periodically.
Certainly there will always be a lot of competition for a share of that prize. It also shows how profitable this casino is!
Most of the user that participating in the tournament do a calculated gambling therefore they weigh in already the potential profit and loss if they compete on this kind of tournament that push user to wager huge volume to win that prize.
I'm still wondering what makes a user to wager about $60,000 volume for a $600 prize, is that user really doing his thing while the prize comes thereafter or the user deposit for chasing the prize?
I'm getting to understand that you'll win if actually a player is doing his thing, not minding the prize, than a player that deposit chasing the prize.
What are you playing for now? If you are playing casually and want to have fun, don't chase the prize, but if you want a prize, do your target and gamble responsibly, both have different goals, what determines only which target you want to take, both actions are correct, it's just how you respond to them according to your comfort, both are valid to do