I also wonder how deep they will dig with the JIT tournament. Take
Patrick Friel. He won two games in
Season 13 (1997!). I doubt few remember him (though he also won $100k on WWTBAM). But, he's won the last two LL championships. Might do pretty well if given another shot.
(His loss was a doozy; 23 right, 2 wrong...against an opponent with 23 right, 2 wrong, who became a 5-day champ.)