how long did it take to get your first win?

[Mingdu]

Party had a $2 buy in, no rake and they added $500 to the pot about 2 years ago ... 2,500 entrants and I won that.

Had only been playing for a month or so ... donked my way to the win.

[Cali4niaRaisin]

First time I played the foxwoods $100 140 max, made the FT. But, got KO'd like 8th hardly made [censored] lol.

[Mclane665]

Dont get too worked up and become obsessed with a win. I went through a really bad spell because I did a while back. I came 2nd in five large field tournies and each time I got my money in HU with the best hand and I lost each one. It killed me and I stated playing angry and desperate for a win. but then I realized how well I played just to get HU and now Im playing better than ever. Still no big win but I know its coming I can feel it.

[dcviperboy]

Ive been playing seriously for about 1.5 years now and still haven't won a 500+ person field. The amount of variance is ridiculous. I would definitely suggest the stars 180 man or even the 360 max. you seem to be a solid player (from the little bit I read) and just need a smaller field (therefore less luck) to get a good FT cash and hopefully a win.

[mariachiinc]

I've played approx 100 of these 500+ player tournaments. I've made 2 final tables and placed first once. I've been playing MTT'S for about 4 months, but I play a LOT of these.
With only one win out of 100, my ROI in these is about 40%, but I'm ITM 25% of the time...
Definitely play more smaller field tourneys. I regularly FT the PS 180's

[FlyingCarpet]

I've only been playing online since Jan.4th of this year. I don't play too many large 500+ field tourneys because I'm still learning strategy. I have won a few MMT Sats into the FTOPS series but the fields were less than 100. I also like to play the 45man & 90man SnGs on FTP and have had good luck there. I FT a very high % (about 35%) of the games and have a good ITM%.

I also like to play STTs just to work on my FT skills.