I read through the website and it seems I’ve already missed the opportunity to play or even get VIP seating at the tv table. So it looks like I’m stuck with general admission and wandering around
Any advice? Insight? Etc is greatly appreciated.
General admission works fine. Go to the registration desk (you can't fail to find this - it's by the entrance to the main hall). Pay $15 and you get a wristband. You can then go and watch any games you want all day long - including the tables and money room upstairs.
The main TV table (where they play Bigfoot for the first few days and the final rounds of the other games) has VIP seats. They have the name of the person who purchased them on the back. If you sit in an empty one just be ready to quickly and politely move out of it if the person turns up.
Unless you are the world's most fussy eater then the food is fine. Link showing what they have:
Prices will obviously be dearer than some place someone knows over the river in Louisville - but they aren't over-the-top extortionate. Domestic beer was around $4 a bottle last year. Again - not that outrageous nowadays.
Good poker room and sportsbook if you need a quick break from pool.
Tons of vendors selling anything from a 10 grand cue to a 25c piece of chalk. Blackburn cue maintenance are on site if you need anything doing.
Enjoy. It's a great event to see some of the world's greatest players out there in the wild.
