Party Poker has started something called the STEPS challenge - you can find out more about it here

it's almost a continuation of our old OIC (open internet challenge) - but the way seats are structured, it'll probably play closer to a satellite to a satellite 4 times over.

I posted about it on 2+2 and right off the bat, a lot of people are talking about bypassing the first couple levels and going right on up to 3rd or 4th.... am I the only one who thinks this is asinine? - So you're good enough to beat a $500 or $1000 SNG - why not save money and chances and start at the ol' $11 buck level (since you're so good - you should be able to beat it easy) -

and the payouts are almost 40 percent - counting the freeroll or the free entry into the same level over again - the logic eludes me....ah well.

in any case, Party and the $1000 SNG'ers are gonna do well, to say the least...