Won my 1st SNG at Stars

[tdmlb24]

It was only a $5 sng but out of the 10 I've played at Stars it's the first I've won.

I was the short stack the whole tourney but became monster chip leader with 3 people left.

Out of 10 SNG's I've been in the money in 5 of them so I like PokerStars $5 SNG's a lot.

[Krotalus]

congrats!!

I like them too, played 3 single table tourneys so far, took second in two of them.

i actually think they are easier than the $1 five table tourneys

[Crackpot666]

Congrats too!!!

I won my first SnG yesterday...it was a $15+$1 turbo at PS...

[vqc]

Congratulations you guys. My frist BIG downswing was at the pokerstars 5.5s so im kinda scared of em =D.

[Krotalus]

Got my first win tonight at the $5 SnGs.

4 tourneys

6th, 2nd, 2nd, 1st.

I am sure that is a pace i wont be able to maintain

[Staresy]

Maybe/Probably not. But it's all about starting somewhere!

There will inevitably be troughs where u can't seem to do anything right, but also spells where u can't seem to do anything wrong. So long as u are prepared for this both (a) financially and (b) mentally, u'll be fine.

u should be looking to consolidate your game and get to the stage where u are consistently beating the $5s and then move up. Look to get your ROI up to ~30-40% over a considerable sample size and go for it.

It's all about small steps .....

[Muxy]

I remember my first win you really feel good your on cloud nine when you win that 24.50 i think it is. Good Job Man and GL.

[daluchy]

Didn't wanna start another topic, but I finally won my first $6/.50 Turbo PokerStars SnG after so many freakin 2nd's and 3rd. Man it's sweet to win that first one.

All I can say is heads up, roll the dice if you get pushed AI. I didn't mind rolling the dice if I was the one pushing with a semi-decent hand, but like I think I read in ripptyde's post, most hands heads up are at most a 6 to 4 dog unless it's a monster hand. So don't be afraid to call. Besides most people slowplay monsters if they got em.

I won with J7s vs. K9o by hitting a 7.