So fucking proud of myself!!!! | hewhopleasures's Blog

Today I "CASHED" in my first poker tournament.  Only the top 50 (of 3000 entrants) get paid, and I finished 37th!

This is very signifigant for several reasons:

1. This is about my 30th tourney and it's about fucking time!
2. It's Saturday night which means all the idiots are out making donkey bets and throwing the game "as it SHOULD be played" into a tailspin - it is VERY easy for the best players to get beat in this situation.
3. It was a FREEROLL tourney. Which means all CHEAP-ASS donkeys are out in force (combined with #2 this makes it REALLY hard to play by the book)
4. The best I've done is several times finishing in the 80-90 spot. It was looking like a wall I couldn't climb.  But I did!

In addition, not only did I 'cash', but I made it to second level.  That means that 39-50 win the minimum prize, but 28-37 win the next level up.  So I didn't just squeak by, I finished solid.

In addition #2, is that I played a tourney earlier today and got my ass kicked.  Usually this will throw me off my game (tilt) and I'll play the next one half-assed.  But this time I played focused, made good decisions, was aggressive in the right places and conservative in the right places.  The mistakes I made were small, and the things I did right paid big.

I am really proud.