I got an email from the APT last week, brought back some great memories.
I qualified for the
Betfair event in November 2006 out in Singapore, flew out on Emierates 5* hotel on Sentosa Island, $5000 buyin....amazing stuff.
It was a really big deal as it was the 1st legal poker game ever to be held in Singapore, the Singapore prime minister come down to take a look.
No cash games were allowed so they started €100 ten handed sng's....I come 2nd in Singapores 1st ever legal poker game, press cameras everywhere round the table....felt like the poker equivilant of the rumble in the jungle!
Night before the main event they ran a $300 limit holdem game....got 4 tables in and I was drawn on the same table as Tony G. He berratted me for slowplaying a set and taking him for 6 BB's. Had a chat to him at the dinner break though and he said I was a solid player and wished me luck for the main event.
Day of the big dance, I get drawn on a random table....sit down with my chips....put my
Virgin cap on and the Tournament director comes over and tells us we are the featured table for the 1st 4 hours of play.
I forgot the cameras were there after a while and played my game....made it to 1am, took a dent in my stack...all in with 99 vs AK, you know the rest and I retired to the beach bar wondering where it all went wrong.
Such a top experience and I learnt so much in that week, I also leanrt that I could play with the best and beat the worst.
My advice would be to qualify for one of these and play deep stack long clock in a far flung location....what could be better!
Cheers