Sensei and dolva,
When the buy-ins were proposed, no one had any problem with the $5 buyins. Moreover, its only once per week, so it shouldn't be that bad considering we had $2 daily buy-ins in the previous league. Also the higher buyin and only 3 places paid means serious play and good quality poker. It's not luck dependent. So, i still like this format.
Most importantly, because no one knows how many players will register in these buy-in games, we have to use
Titan's Standard Payout chart. If say we pay 10 places, and only 9 register, the game won't run. So I think we should stick with the current system.