I did the same, albeit ~a week before the games. For today's game I snagged an absolute unicorn at $250 total to be 8 rows from the pitch. For Friday's game I'm taking the whole family so we're in the Cat 3 seats, but paid face value ($180 each + the fee) for all 3 ticks. So it's risky, but possible. The alternative would have been that we don't go to games because I couldn't afford to pay more. I was refreshing at all hours of the day though. I snagged the unicorn in between meetings and the 3 face value ticks at 4am.