I know LightSydePaul hasn't been posting since some... unpleasantness, but he has been keeping track of the WWE pulls and I've capped a couple of key details just for posterity in this thread.
You can swing by his twitter - this post is currently pinned if you want to see the details.
Key points:
To summarize, Phil was playing WWE all day on his days off. He is currently rank 21 on the leaderboard for the current event, though I believe as of posting, he has dropped to 26. This is important because there is a bonus that you get if you are in the top 25 at the conclusion of the event (Monday afternoon), and Phil appeared to have tried to secure himself a decent spot, but will now need to go back and grind a little if he wants to get past 25 again. This will presumably be difficult because he should be streaming in the lead up to the end of the event.
Anyway, in addition to this requiring plenty of time, estimates suggest that Phil had to have sunk at least $400 in the game to rank up like this.
Curiously, if Phil got his usual $200 for streaming today, and then an additional $400 to cover his gacha investment over his off days, he would be asking for $600.
Now where did I hear that number recently...