Quoted from Russell:Yes, it is very difficult to host any sort of event. As you know, I run my own event. I was clearly not just being critical of INDISC, quite the opposite. I was simply pointing out that the Pinburgh format is amazing, and wondering aloud if there was anywhere else that could pull it off.
Cactus Jack's in Oklahoma runs a similar format tournament (on a much smaller scale) every spring, or did before Corona anyway. Same format with 2 less rounds, and 64 people instead of 1000.