Killeblatt Poker Tournament
Last week I participated in the Killerblatt Tourney. It was supposed to be a 20 table tournament but the organizers shortly decided to add more tables after they overbooked the pre-registration without extending the price pool. You had to win your first table which was 8-handed to advance to the finals (which started with three tables now).
The experience was fun because it was my first bigger live poker tournament. Most player were amateurs and didn't even know the rules - which was a bit annoying when they were up for dealing. The blind structure was very tough, because the big blind nearly doubled up ever 10 minutes, so it became pretty much gambling after a short time. At my table two people were knocked out in the first two hands, there was only one serious guy and one very agressive. The rest played too bad or tight to be really dangerous.
I advanced to the final table and finished in 10. place. Unfortunately only the top 3 ranks were really payed (iPhone, Poker Surface, Chips-Set) and place 4 to 9 became a free entry for the next tournament. I decided to not participate in further tournament but probably I will show up there again to rock some Sit & Go tables :) (Good payment structure there but very high rakes on the entry fee)
Here a picture before the beginning of the tournament (hey there was really air in the room at some point):
