Thanks guys. Boris was sponsored by Stars for a number of years, which I think he gave up to coach Novak Djokovic. I've seen him play a few EPTs at least, so I don't think he'll be too bad. He'll definitely have a huge advantage playing under pressure. That's the part I'll find intimidating, but hopefully I'll manage to get some practice in before the event.

I'm pretty relaxed about the money thing as I've got nothing on the line. Yeah, it would be great to win $25k and use it for investments, but I'm realistic enough to know I've only a 10%-15% chance to win all three. If I win $5k or $10k then I'll likely treat myself and a few others and invest the rest. I'm sure when it comes to it though, I'll be thinking twice before open jamming a wide range or making a marginal call/bluff when there's $5k on the line! I don't think I'll sell any action either, but partly because I've no idea how that would work for this kind of event?

I've had the structure for the three matches come through. 20k starting stack with blinds at 100/200 and 25 ante, but just 5 minute levels. Level 10 will be 1k/2k with 200 ante. Any ideas how that might equate to an online HU SNG? Somewhere between turbo and hyper?

PS: if anybody reading this wants to play some HU SNGs, let me know and I'll look into setting up a Stars home game.