At 7163 ways some of the brackets will be close to the top and you will probably notice that you don't have much drop while traveling to the top to collect the prize(s) - that's a lot of real estate (obviously you would want the center bracket's number of steps to the top to be a factor as well). Would you not take a 7163 way board under certain circumstances (again keeping in mind that some of the brackets would have to be close to the top or you couldn't get that many ways in the 1st place) ? If you decide to answer this question please don't include the circumstances if you don't want to.