Double, Double, Toil and Trouble
I love PartyPoker's Grand Prix Poker Tour format. $109 buy-in, multiple live and online Day 1s, decent prizepools and just generally very well run. As the main tour travelled around various UK cities, there were also a series of 'mini' GPPT events, which followed the exact same format, just with smaller guarantees and less razzle dazzle. I will happily make these events the primary focus of my poker playing. Double With the smaller guarantee and resulting smaller field, making it to Day 2 didn't mean locking up a cash like the main GPPT event, I think roughly 50 players made it to Day 2 and we had to lose 20 or so before making the money. That being said, it was surprisingly plain sailing into the money but I lost a flip shortly after the bubble and headed to the cash desk for a nice little payday of a couple of hundred dollars. As part of the GPPT schtick, any cash includes a $109 ticket that can be used either online at PartyPoker or for a side event taking place ...