I've never satty'd into the wsop main event, but I did however win a seat to the Irish Open 4 or so years ago through what used to be Cake Poker... They provided me the seat in the tournament, and enough cash to pay for hotel for 4 night, and enough for airfare for myself, and enough extra for some food/spending... I instead paid for one of my best friends flights so I had someone to travel with... Needless to say, one of the FTP red pros knocked me out early on
Still was a great experience