[Closed] My first live tournament

Ok, I'm off in about 2 hours, so I would just like to thank all of you for the advice and good luck wishes

I'll let you know how it went sometime in the following days

Originally posted by Dippy19
Ok, I'm off in about 2 hours, so I would just like to thank all of you for the advice and good luck wishes

I'll let you know how it went sometime in the following days

Good luck Dippy!! Crush them ♦

Good luck!

and don't forget to minraise them few times ♦

I can see dippy posting here in a few hours with "oh, I won the tourney, got me like 10000€" :).

Ok, so I'm home now, and I decided to write a small report right away, since it's now all still fresh in my memory

Well, when I came to the casino, I was kind of lost, but I soon found another guy who qualified through the same satellite. We talked for a while and then, since the guy from Party Poker wasn't there yet, went into the casino. I had to pay 5EUR entry fee, since I didn't wait upstairs, like I was told, but ok, it's only ~1BB

Anyways, we later met up with the other players and went on to the registration desk. Then after a while the tournament started. For a first few hands I was doing good. Kept getting playable cards, kept missing flops and kept taking down pots with c bets Then at one point I raised AJ from one of the earlier positions and I think I got called by one of the better players, I think he was in BB. Flop came JxJ rainbow, and I just checked, since every time I made a c bet they thought I had a hand. I called a flop bet of about 1/2 and on the turn he made another smallish about 1/3 pot bet. Then he looked at me like he was going to kill me with his sight, and right there it showed that I wasn't a live player. I started laughing ♦ Then I just threw in about 3x his raise and he folded.

Soon after that I got moved to another table. The next memorable hand was me calling 8Ts in the SB after a raise and 2 calls. The BB went in as well. On the flop I got a gutshot and I checked and BB bet, kind of small. Another guy called and I also called with about 1:7 odds, which I found ok, since I kindoff sensed implied odds. I got a double guted draws on the turn and just called again after a (smallish)bet and a call. The river missed me and I folded after a bet and an all in. One of the guys rivered a FH(had a set on the flop) and the other one rivered trips. I was kind of sad that I missed the river, since I could have almost tripled up if I would hit.

After that it more or less went downhill. I had some failed steals, won some small pots etc etc. And I got moved to another table again. Then there was another interesting hand. The guy before me raised and I was holding JJ. Since the guy raised a lot before, I went for a 3-bet. And then a good player that was running hotter than fire 4-bet and had me all in. The other guy folded(he said it was QQ) and I also folded after thinking for a while, since I didn't see him 4-bet anything worst that AK. He was kind enough to show his AA

Then I was really short and card dead + I just couldn't get first in. Finally I got AA and threw a 1k chip in(blinds ware 150/300). Naturally I forgot to say raise, so it was considered a call(again, obviously, I'm not a live player :P). But I was actually lucky, since the guy to my left raised or went all in, don't really remember... Anyways he flipped over QQ and my AA held up. And then I was card dead again^^

Had some small hands and the blinds grew. Eventually I was pretty short again, and still card dead^^ But I found 77 UTG and pushed. Everyone folded, except the BB, who, after some thinking called with 88. I got no help from the board and I was out in ~25th place(out of 39).

So, I didn't cash in, but I have to say that I had a lot of fun and will hopefully play it again next month if I qualify again.

Originally posted by Primzi
I can see dippy posting here in a few hours with "oh, I won the tourney, got me like 10000€" :).

Ekk, wrong

Only 39 players? I think they expected a bit more

gg anyway.

nice-one got those toes nicely dipped now get ready for some more ♦

Originally posted by CoreySteel
Only 39 players? I think they expected a bit more

Some Italian bus supposedly broke down or something, so, there ware a lot less ppl.

Well done Dippy, good intro into the live arena and sounds like you had fun.

Hoping you qualify for lots more over time ♦

Bart

p.s. Thanks again for taking time out to do the interview, everyone loved it.

And a girl ended on 2nd place (2200EUR)