  Using Monte Carlo simulations we analyze the potential of the upcoming
transit survey Pan-Planets. The analysis covers the simulation of realistic
light curves (including the effects of ingress/egress and limb-darkening) with
both correlated and uncorrelated noise as well as the application of a
box-fitting-least-squares detection algorithm. In this work we show how
simulations can be a powerful tool in defining and optimizing the survey
strategy of a transiting planet survey. We find the Pan-Planets project to be
competitive with all other existing and planned transit surveys with the main
power being the large 7 square degree field of view. In the first year we
expect to find up to 25 Jupiter-sized planets with periods below 5 days around
stars brighter than V = 16.5 mag. The survey will also be sensitive to planets
with longer periods and planets with smaller radii. After the second year of
the survey, we expect to find up to 9 Warm Jupiters with periods between 5 and
9 days and 7 Very Hot Saturns around stars brighter than V = 16.5 mag as well
as 9 Very Hot Neptunes with periods from 1 to 3 days around stars brighter than
i' = 18.0 mag.
