At the circuit event at SFGE in Atlanta the average spend to qualify for the top 16 was $146. The least amount spent was $83 and the most was $363.

I've attached a chart showing qualifying points vs number of entries. Players further to the right and lower scored more points and are more "efficient" than players to the left or higher.

I scraped the information from the results pages to get the information. I did not have any information about how many entries were comped for volunteers, so the dollar amounts are only approximate.

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Except in current pump and dump qualifying, only your best score counts. So... If you're trying to qualify against Keith, are your chances better if you play 3 times or as many times as your pockets are deep? Who's the better player, the one who played 3 times and put up a great score or the person who played 15 times and had a "lucky" game to score more than the first player?