That's the real deal! Ive always wanted to do that.
The draft is a lot of fun, but the league itself is fun mainly due to the excitement of the bigger money involved. No trading due to obvious collusion potential, so that takes out the most fun aspect of fantasy football for me.
I did high stakes for 3 years in the WCOFF from 2003 to 2005. Kind of lost interest in it until last year when I got the urge again. My youngest son turned 21, so it's something we can do together and hang out for a few days in Vegas.
Have done pretty well. 2 league titles in 4 years and lost the championship game last year by 3 points. Never came close to seriously challenge for the top prize, but the guy that beat us in the championship game finished 3rd overall when he got hot in the playoffs (3 weeks of total points). Had Lynch scored 1 more TD in the game the Seahawks beat up on the 49ers, the guy would have won the whole thing. Lynch had 2 TDs but probably another 5 carries inside the 2, so he had his chances and the guy probably had a near coronary watching the game. It was the last game where anyone with a chance was playing so he knew exactly what was needed from Lynch. He won 25K for 3rd, but not sure it was worth the torture of coming that close to 250K.
Anyway, drafting from the 4th spot this year, so hopefully, have some nice players fall at the turn back and make a run.