I don't see any reason not to have the Strip in the main deck.  Two lone islands are very much a possibility to get dropped against you once your gameplan is realized, and even if it's only a 1 in 60 chance to draw it in the first game in such a situation, it won't be a dead draw against someone playing all duals/nonbasics.  Strip in your opening hand would break a heavy/mono blue player, or give you the opportunity to after the first turn.

First, lemme say hello- long time reader, first time poster to TMD.  

Second, I look forward to meeting many of you in the future, as I'm just getting into Vintage, and was planning on going out to Somers today but my playset of Drains didn't arrive on time; like Pern above, I just don't want to roll over and die in a 5 proxy situation...  someone said there was no excuse for anyone in MA not to play in a tourney this weekend, well, he was pretty dead on in that.

Anyways, I see the remarks about not being able to sustain this level of prize support, while folks want the organizers to keep the entry fees down but get some appreciation spread to the top four or so.  I'm wondering, could the players themselves actually provide the support?  As in, having a tournament where you pay $10 or 15 bucks and have to throw in a card of decent value (say, $15- FOW, DOJ, Chrome Mox, etc) as well?  The organizer could get away with something like a Mana Drain as top prize, or a pair of Berzerks (to the top two finishers) or whatnot and the other top players would pick from the pile like the SSG Power 9s.  

I mean, you get 25 people to show up, the top prize is paid off and you've got another $300 in prizes sitting there.

Any thoughts?