Ouch! That hurts but sometimes you have to do it. Yeah, I've considered that or a 1-100 sat buy-in but I also like having it free & open for people who wouldn't bother otherwise.
I've actually had at least 15 or so people try BCH/SLP, coming from blockchain.poker that had no experience with it at all. I'd like to think it was the free tourney that introduced'em