Big tournament qualifiers how was the experience?

[BillHicks]

I have been trying to qualify for some big tourneys , $5 K buy in EPT, Ausssie Millions, UKPT etc.:hope I wonder how people from PL who have qualified :clapand played in one of these have found the experience of playing in a tourney with a muchbigger buy in than they are used to. Did you feel that say a $8k package was worth that much to you? How was the standard of play, did you feel you had a decent chance of cashing, final tabling winning? Interested in any feedback.

[GaF]

Re: Big tournament qualifiers how was the experience? In 2005 I won a seat in the UK Open - it was a $10,000 televised tourney filmed in Maidstone (7 miles from where I live) - to cash I had to win my heat (6 seat STT). I'd only been playing 3 months at the time and had no real chance of winning my heat - I got undone in the end giving a free card following a string bet :$ 2nd place in my tournament was a holiday in Vegas.... With hindsight, I think I'd have had more value by finishing 2nd ;) Best route is through the low entry (which usually means raked hand) freerolls - the more difficult and convoluted the entry requirements, and the more obscure the site, the more effort it's worth getting in ;) The Poker Player and Inside Poker magazine freerolls are often quite good :ok You'll see a lot of the best games highlighted here on PL ;)