roconnor
Thanks for this second group of messages. I was glad to hear this other perspective and that one of the main issues was simply scheduling.
Mark, Rob, and Matt are great and their tournaments are executed flawlessly so I'm not surprised that they draw 20-50 players (I'm sure the same could be said about other hosts/tourneys in this community, I just haven't been to their games). I don't want to compete with them, but I thought I'd fill in some gaps in the schedule with something smaller scale. I'll try a $50 buy-in for my next attempt and go from there. Cheers!