Taking a Punt

I'm going to The International to play tonight. Most recently I was there for a rather disappointing showing in the live running of the forum game.

Tonight, there is a £5 rebuy - a revival of the legendary format from the days of Gutshot. I'd like to play and win that, but I'm in fact going to represent "The Punters" in a team match vs "The Staff".

The format is an MTT of 30 runners - 15 staff and 15 punters. The top four (which could be any combination of staff or punters I guess) will play in a final on Friday against the top four of 30 who played on Monday. Those 8 players score points that determine the winning team.

Obviously the whole thing is designed to be a bit of fun, although I suspect the play is still pretty serious at the same time. I know that the two "punters" who qualified on Monday were very solid players. Not too sure about the staff qualifiers though. As far as I know, they were non-poker players. From afar, I suspect a stitch-up of some kind !

In any case, I'll be hoping to do well as I feel in need of a good result. Although - being objective - my record in MTTs at the new club isn't actually that bad. Played 3, cashed in 2 (not counting the live forum game).

Still, I have not actually won a tournament of any kind for ages. The last one I can think of was the private £50 rebuy game back in July.

I suppose I can't actually "win" tonight either, as the format is effectively a satellite, but I'll settled for qualifying whilst being in the chip lead.