also with 50.000+ price pool it definitly sucks for the player who plays vs viper round 1, especially if its someone who would normally easily advance to quarter/semi finals. then you get >2000$ less because of seeding
but it can actually work the other way round aswell and make top8-16 work even harder and hope for an easier first and second round.
if it has the same distribution as NAC, this would be payouts (if only main event gets paid)
1. (20% of 50k) 10.000$
2. 7.000
3-4. 5.500
5-8. 3.500 (7%, in NAC 5-6)
9-16. 1.000 (2%, in NAC it was 4% for 7-9)
SUM=50.000

if it has the same distribution as NAC, this would be payouts (if only main event gets paid)
1. (20% of 50k) 10.000$
2. 7.000
3-4. 5.500
5-8. 3.500 (7%, in NAC 5-6)
9-16. 1.000 (2%, in NAC it was 4% for 7-9)
SUM=50.000