Yesterday, I played my very first live tourney in my hometown. There were 77 entrants and only about 8 of us were women. I was one of those women. We all started with 5000 chips. After a few hands I found myself betting on 2 pairs only to lose to the other player, he had 2 pairs also. I lost half my stack. It took me all afternoon to double up and get back to 5000 chips. I finally got some action around 4 pm with pocket Q's and doubled up again. I played very rocky and after the 4th break, I had 28K chips and only 16 players were remaining. I tried very hard not to play any hands till all 6 players were eliminated, which didnt take too long. I finally saw my first final table. I went all in twice with first, 88 then with 10 10, everyone folded and I collected the blinds that were very high at that time. By the time I got blinded off, I had made it to 5th position. I would say that is a great first live tourney...wouldnt you?
I enjoyed my tourney very much and now I cant wait for the next one.
Jackie
