PokerStars December TLB race!

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In order for a 10% return to be unfair, wouldn't your expectation have to be greater than 10x buying (plus what they give you for expenses and lodging)? So for a 10k event, with say 1k in extra fees, your expected return would have to be $110,000 for it to be a break-even deal, right? I know that good players have a really high expectation in these big events, but expecting >900% ROI seems pretty absurd.

Am I completely off-base here? It seems like Stars is offering a pretty sweet staking deal for whoever wins this thing.