Originally posted on 10/27/2015:

A lot of fun suggestions grivas, but there's a big problem: the current player base is mostly people who won't play anything but freerolls or near-freerolls. The number of players who would be willing to shell out larger amounts of points can probably be estimated from participation in the previous high roller tourneys; based on that, you're talking 20-30 people tops, and probably fewer if you're talking more than once a week, far fewer if the overlay isn't as large.

Maintaining a player base not only willing but able to play non-freerolls will be challenging; unlike real poker, most of the members here can't buy the currency needed to play. US players only get 12-13 a day, and that's going to keep most from making entering these tourneys routinely, minus a large overlay (although even with large overlays, previous tournaments weren't terribly popular).

Using poker points to buy into the tourneys would probably kill the mostly-dead cash games....probably not a good idea.

If you're looking to practice for the contest-ending tournament, you wont be able to do it here. The format is significantly different, and none of the tournaments you proposed will be much use. You'd be better off going to a real poker site and playing a 100-entry tourney.