I enjoyed the day. Although I did spend more time in the Arkabar's toilet throwing up then I did playing poker I still found the change compared to then ormal tournaments good.
I liked the idea of the shoot out as it's a different style to a normal tourny as in a normal tourny I usually spend time getting a read on your table and setting a good table image only to be moved to another table soon after. I like the idea of staying at the same table till you're down to the final 2. I did however only last I think 3 hands as I purposely threw my chips away as I didn't particulary want to vomit all over the table. This meant I didn't get to experience the shoot out as much as I would have liked.
The team event was different again. I consider myself a fairly aggressive player, but found myself sitting there thinking "I don't want to be the one to lose all our chips" and so for the sake of my partner I toned it back a bit and played a more restricted style. Normally when I would raise massively or even push I found myself just calling or even folding when I thought I may have been good.
I liked the team event in general but I do believe it needs a bit of fine tuning. My biggest problem was with the blind levels. They jumped that much that you found yourself losing your chips without actually having played a hand even past the flop. I saw many people going all in after having played only one or two hands simply because they'd be blinded down to a short stack and had few options.
I understand why the blind levels were the way they were but this is just my opinion.
Other then that thought the day was enjoyable and cheers to NPL and the Ark for hosting it
