I was referring to requirements for tournament hosts. Perhaps I read an earlier post wrong. I thought I saw prize fund needed to be 100K for WPA sanctioningI think the WPA should arrange for the winners (and top finishers) to get reasonable compensation. The method that is traditional in the US for funding pool tournaments is to make it an Open and have the never-rans fund the prizes. In an actual World Championship there are no open entries, although there may be open qualifiers just before the Championship. And often the entry fees are more like admin fees.