Ultimate Poker Challenge $1000 No Limit Hold’em
The UPC is an interesting structure – a series of $1k events where 40% of the pool from each event goes to the semi-final event and to point leaders. You earn points for making it further in each of the 2-day tournaments. I had played in 3, getting points each day, but I needed to get at least 20-30 more points to be assured of getting into the semi-finals.
I wound up coming in 2nd in the tournament. It went from 3pm to about 9pm. People had to re-schedule their dinner plans more than once :)