I enjoyed the Birmingham game and managed to finish 2nd to get my seat to the final in June. I have heard talk that there will be over 200 players at the final but with only £25k gtd that seems to many. I am trying to have the numbers confirmed by my contact at Sky.
The quality of play for the most part was good, some strange over bets at the start and the usual found out bluffs that got lucky after being called (yes I was one of those with
v kc jc) hitting a 5 after re-raising a dubious looking initial raise.
Had a huge chip lead heads up but Bob played his cards well and hit when he needed to to take 1st place and the honors. I must admit to being well drunk by the heads up as the game had over run by about 2 hours and I had paced my drinking for the earlier finish. Next weekend will be different at Walsall as I am traveling both days so some strange sober poker for me.
Anyone who gets a seat to any of the live Sky games will enjoy it immensely, the Sky crew are a great bunch and make any night with them special.