Mrs Bean is away this weekend with work (moderating GSCE exam papers) and nobody else was available for a beer last night, so I took a trip out to the nearest casino to play the £34 deepstack mtt. I finished about midway after a good start and played well enough without ever really recovering from busted aces and running big pairs into aces twice later on.

How bad are the players in these things though?! They play at about the same standard as a $1 mtt online, with no concept of pot odds (they only see the actual amount), no understanding of their stack sizes, terrible bet sizing and no respect for raises. I think ultimately, these live tournaments are just a bit too boring and time consuming for me, but I think they would be a good money maker if you could be bothered with them.