I have only played a couple times in local live tables but never in any of those bigger live tournaments. However, last year I was pretty close of winning ticket to the 2015 Caribbean Adventure (PCA) in The Bahamas from PokerStars' freerolls. Only the top 3 received those tickets and I was something like 35-40 in the final qualifier . My dream is some day to be able to participate one of those big live tournaments.