Poker Debut

I made my poker debut today when Mrs. Patrick and I registered for a $200 Deepstack tournament at 1 pm. I was pretty nervous even though the buy-in is very small in comparison to all the other World Series of Poker tournaments. 250 people entered and I was knocked out around 160th. My initial goal was to make it through half the field before taking down the whole thing. That obviously did not happen but I felt as though I played well (after my hands stopped shaking from the nerves) for my first time live.

Here is the hand I went out on: I raised with pocket Kings and was called by one guy. The flop came King, Jack, Ten. I bet, he raised and I shoved all-in. He had the one hand I hoped he hadn't - the Ace-Queen for the straight. The board did not pair to give me the full house and thus ended up my tournament.