[DubleDex]

I've been running my own home tourney once a month for nearly a year now. And the best I've been able to place is 2nd. One of my friends finally hosted his own tourney (joining two groups together to make a nice 16-player, 2-table event) and I got in on the action.

Perhaps it's because I was able to focus on my play instead of running the event. Or the fact that I've been honing my tourney skills later. But I took 1st place (and a pretty decent pot).

Not big fireworks on the last hand, or the heads up. I went into heads up with a dominating chip stack. I played aggressive and whittled him down as the blinds got scary. Then I raised with TT, he pushed with his 89o.

Feels nice to win a live tourney.

[abby99]

Congrats, DubleDex. You probably won't have to wait anywhere near that long for your next win. The first one is always the toughest.

[davejs1671]

I just want to say congratulations on the win. I bet it was a nice change of pace to be able to just relax and play instead of having to make sure all of the guests are comfortable. Sometimes a little change is all it takes. And I'm sure the honing of your tourney skills contributed to the win also. Keep it and GOOD LUCK.

[DubleDex]

It was very nice to not have to think about all the details and responsibilities that come with running the game (although, this guy organized this game based on mine, so I was still kind of a consultant). Then I went ahead and used my big win $$$ to go ahead and order a Poker Genie... just to make it even a little easier on me from here on out!

And I sure hope the wins come a little more often now. In looking back at the game, I think I only made about 1 or 2 truly bad plays and several that may have been a little too conservative... But it was one of my all-around more solid efforts. Which, again, I hope continues to occur!

If I could get some more money into PS, I'd hope on the CT tourneys now and again. But I pissed all my cash away on there before I really started developing my games.