First tournament money!

onnel · #1 08-13-2006, 12:52 PM

I played the 1$ buyin limit MTT at Stars today. I'd never really tried a MTT except for freerolls, so I thought I'd see what it was like. I'll confess I thought it was NL when buying in, but since I'm a limit player just learning NL, it was a useful mistake.

In any case, I far exceeded my own expectations, finishing 13th out of 414! I was shortstacked from about 25 on down, and even hit a straight on the river when I was all in at 18th or so to keep going.

Obviously, the payoff wasn't huge (a whopping $4.56!) and the competition far from the toughest (the final 20 were mostly weak tight), but it was a blast and a nice verification that I don't totally suck at poker after having played for 4 months or so now.

It won't replace ring play as my source of poker income, but it was a fun change!

Onnel

McBusto · #2 08-13-2006, 12:53 PM

Oh that's nice.

Scary_Tiger · #3 08-13-2006, 12:54 PM

Beat.

Butso · #4 08-13-2006, 12:56 PM

lmfao

professormike · #5 08-13-2006, 12:57 PM

This obviously can't be a brag.

MrBrightside · #6 08-13-2006, 01:00 PM

I thought for sure you were this guy.

inferno · #7 08-13-2006, 01:01 PM

how much hours did it take you to win that 5$...like 4hours?

onnel · #8 08-13-2006, 01:17 PM

Yeah, it was like 3 hours for a whopping 5 bucks. A beat and a brag all in one. :-)

Still, I had a good time while drinking a few beers and that's what it's all about. Now I'll go back to making slightly more peanuts in ring games thank you very much.

Onnel