So for extra hand you play you are expected to gain some chips.

You are very deep and you can easily make 30bb/100 hands, where as in late stages you are going to get about 5bb/100. If you are a winning player the best phase to get chips is in the beginning. The best strategy in my mind is to register as early as you can. I also had the same question and that's why I'm here, also looking at other people's views. I was a professional poker player with over US$100k of profit, so I know a few cents about poker concepts. This is a scenario where it's very hard to calculate with accuracy what's the best strategy, so I have to give my best guess. Am I missing something? Please share your thoughts. In conclusion, I think that registering when the ante kicks in is the best strategy, but I am not sure if this is correct.

Therefore I don't think this strategy is good either.

You will need to build a stack first before you can put yourself in a position to win some bounties, but you will often bust before you even get a chance. Chances of you covering people are not very high. At this point the average stack will be a lot bigger than yours. You will not be very shortstacked and therefore there is still time to build a stack and bust people simultaneously. Registering when the ante kicks in will have the advantage that stacks have fluctuated, resulting in you automatically covering a good part of the field. However, in a deepstacked game people rarely bust and this method takes the most amount of time, so I don't think this is a good strategy. Registering from the beginning will allow you to build a stack, resulting in you covering people for a chance of getting a bounty. Primarily focusing on getting the most bounty-money per hour, what would be the best time to register a progressive knockout tournament? The way I see it, there are a couple options.

Progressive knockout