Got My first Live Tournament Win Today!
Well I just got back from my first Live Tournament win! Played in a $50 dollar tournament and got 1st out of a field of 32 for $430 dollars. I know it's not much compared to what most of you guys have done,but it felt great to get my first tournament win and my biggest cash yet.
I honestly can't even describe how pumped I still am lol
With that being said what was your first memorable poker experience?
I honestly can't even describe how pumped I still am lol
With that being said what was your first memorable poker experience?
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I still remember some of the big hands I was in.
I had 2h2c with 3 guys in the hand. Flop came 2s4hTc. I was last to act. First guy called all-in (low stack) and the next guy insta called so fast that I knew I was beat as he was smiling so big. I folded.
It was a great fold as the guy who insta called had trip 4's. I told them I had trip 2's. Everyone was shocked. The guy who had trip 4's was like "Why didn't you call?" I told him he got super happy when he shoved.
My last hand I went all-in with JJ vs AK and the damn woman hit her Ace on the river.
(Warning: Bad beat story coming...the only one of my life that really bothers me).
Hand that crippled me: 300 entrants, 12 left. I'm SB and it is folded around to me. I complete with J3s and BB checks. Flop is J93 rainbow. I check, he bets, I raise. Turn 2. I shove and he tanks and talks out loud. "Well, I guess you have to get lucky sometime in a tournament, I call." He flips over Q9 and rivers another 9. If my hand held up he would have been eliminated and I would have been chip leader with 11 left with 1st paying $80k. I ended up getting it all in the next hand with AJ against A5 and he hit a 5 so I finished 12th for $4400.
So, sadly, this was my most memorable poker moment.
Not to derail.....but, you had to pay taxes on a $400 cash in Florida?
I had thought of a roadie one day to the Florida poker rooms....but not if they tax all winnings, and not just 5k+
A close second is my three way chop at a $230 deep stack at BCC for $3500.
The rest of the gang, Mario, DrTyore, Moose, Shannon, etc were hanging over the rail cheering on every move, just a blast... When we finally eliminated a husband and wife team that I think finished 3rd and 4th, we just looked at each , nodded and chopped... Much hilarity ensued... I was actually staying at Binions, the others on the strip, but Mario never made it out of Binions, dragged him up to my room and he passed out, perhaps before we got to the room.:)
Wasn't my biggest win but certainly the most fun...
There were some high level casino employees playing, including Binion's own head of poker. When we got down to the final table, we were treated to a private buffet dinner upstairs. She and I were the two biggest stacks, but she was drunk by the time the final table started. Before I could act on my turn, she drunkenly announced a big raise. Both the pretty female dealer and tournament director properly ruled that their BIG BOSS' out-of-turn action was binding, and I ended up with her chips.
The remaining players in the final table seemed to be dealers and were petrified of my chip lead. They shockingly started discussing about handing me the first place championship and money, and they would chop the rest!
Even back then, I left a tip so my good karma has continued since. Some of the other ITM dealers also left a tip as they personally know that dealers like our own JohnnieH rely on tips.
I have won bigger prizes before and after this championship, but this poker trophy is still my favourite.
I have zero recollection how I found that game.
I remember playing 4 8 limit at the muckleshoot in auburn Washington and thinking how big the 10 20 limit game was back then:)
http://www.pokerforum.ca/f21/game-3-must-stop-darryl-18395/#post176867
Its sort of a long thread for a single league night of poker but...post #16 is the good one!! Wow, I miss that NEWF.
Ahah we will see.