My First Win!!

[Reel Deal]

Put some $$ in at Party (my 1st online deposit ever) and after a few tournaments w/o finishing in the $ or just a small 3rd place payout, I played and won a 3 table 30 person $5-1 (I know, small potatos compared to most here, but I am just starting out!) tournament last night and finished 1st!! Felt great to get that first win. Was very proud of my play... was very patient and stuck to playing only top hands. When we got to the final table I was probably #8 on the chip leaderboard (probably had about 1,500 in chips with the chip leader just over 9,000), stayed very patient and watched a bunch of loose players get knocked out... did make a couple nice moves and got my stack up around 4,500 when we were down to about 5-6 players. Then stayed patient and finallly got heads-up with the chip leader who probably had a 4 to 1 lead on me. Played smart and got him to enter pots with me where I was the favorite... the momentum really swung my way and I eventually took over the lead and finally won with a pocket pair! Only a $45 payout but since I only started the account with $50, it was a great feeling!!

Just call me the low roller!! LOL!