"And I’ll take the low road
And I’ll be in Scotland before you"
as the song that most of you have never heard before goes.
At this stage of The Festival in Bratislava, players in contention have to make a choice about whether they take the high road of a shot in one of the last flights of the Main Event; or the low road route of the side events.
Both strategies have merits, but the majority of those serious about securing victory tend to take the low road approach of playing in as many sides as possible each day, hoping to make the money in at least one of them. Let’s take a look at which choices the front runners have taken in what is an extremely tight race, with less than 5 points separating the top five.
The only player in the top ten who has opted for the high road is Marco Herman from Netherlands and he is currently on his second bullet of the day.
The 8-Game Mix was a popular choice for several other top contenders, with Sandeep Nene, Jen Voertmann, Scott Kenyon, Igor Narajczyk, Ivo Petkov, Wouter Schuurbiers and Lachezar Tsenov all opting for the low route to glory. Barrie Dear, who actually does live in Scotland has also opted to take the low road, but he's not ready to go home yet and will be hoping to propel himself back into the top ten after today's proceedings have drawn to a close.
Voertmann, Petkov and Schuurbiers have already busted, which isn’t such a bad thing for their chances as they can now enter another side event, increasing their participation points. With the race being so close, it could go down to the wire, with every participation point earned being incredibly valuable.
