It will suck if xpaand isn't able to participate, but I'm not going to reformat an entire tournament for one player. This thread has only been open for a couple hours (if that) and more people will likely sign up as alternates. If I (or anyone else) feels that someone's roll is inadequate (as xpaands is) he will be taken off the list.

Its not like there wont' be another one ever. Besides, I think that this tournament will end up being a $5 BI one. In the future we can probably up the ante a little bit if some more players would like to, but for now I (and probly the majority of the others that will be participating) will want to keep it small just to see how it plays out. If its a $5 BI I have no problem allowing xpaand to play if he feels like risking that much of his roll on this, but if its $10 I will cut him. That simple imo.