The Best Loser?
PartyPoker’s 2016 Grand Prix Poker Tour made me happy. Barring a big score, it was my perfect pokering scenario, I wrote a bit about here . In summary it was a $109 buy in tournament with multiple Day 1s (live and online) culminating in a big live Day 2. My bankroll typically extends to playing £/$20 buyins and having Baby Mack to work around means my free time is mainly restricted to evenings and parts of the weekend, so with the online aspect I could satellite into a Day 1 through a $22 satellite and play the Day 1 (a couple if required) from the comfort of my couch after Baby Mack’s bed time routine. Then I need only show up for one Sunday afternoon of poker, which I have mostly already secured a decent cash for, with the potential for a big win on the cards. Perfect. Since then PartyPoker’s live events really started taking off, transforming into some kind of EPT replacement and long gone are my ideal mini/GPPT events as a result. A few months ago, a new local venture seemed s...