funnily enough... i played my first decentish sized comp at the weekend at the golden sands torquay event. my idea was to get there early and play in the earlier £100 freezout to find my feet and get used to the surroundings, i was pretty nervous but it soon settled and allthough i played hardly any hands for the first hour the buzz was good. once i started playing hands i felt right at home, all the way into the money!! £140 only £40 profit but a profit none the less, nearly 7 hrs work thats nearly £6 an hour!
the main event had a different feel about it though, suit and ties everywhere and a real buzz before the start, my heart was in my mouth and i had to continually blow on my palms as they were so hot and then i take my seat and find i am sat next to some old chap who thinks he is elvis,which kinda grounds me then my first 2 hands of the day where
and then
i got paid from both and i had nearly doubled my starting stack along with my heart rate, some good hands and 45 minutes later i am cruising at 28k and really getting a feel for the job then wollop i lose 20k on a set of 4's and all sense and feeling in my whole body for about an hour!(i will refrain from telling the hand and showing myself up) when i came to i had 5.5k and had not played a hand for about 2 hours but i managed to keep a lid on it and made it back to 24800 by the end of the day just playing v-tight and getting very lucky on the last hand of the day, day 2 the nerves dissapeared after seeing only 2 flops in as many hours,kept it tight all day until the bubble burst and god knows how but i had cashed again, result!
my best advice for anyone would probably be valuim or the like, keep your mouth buttoned and pay attention and watch everything.
can't wait for my first (major) event. lol
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