About 15 months ago, I hit my first MTT, taking down the $4500 Guarantee. It was a modest beginning - a $5 rebuy event with a field of about 500. The very next day, I won the same event again. Both victories were worth about $1600 and needless to say, I was over the moon. Three days later, I was in the same tournament and with about 140 remaining, I raced to a big chip-lead. With 80 left, I had 2.5 times the chips of the guy in 2nd place and, brimming with hubris, I decided to scribble a quick e-mail to Full Tilt Support. In it, I asked them whether they would consider naming the tournament after me if I won it three times in the same week.
The tournament progressed and I remained in the chip-lead until a bad-beat with about 15 to go put me into 5th place. I was still in the hunt and made it to the final table 5 of 6. I ended up coming 4th for a nice cash but alas, no hatrick. I turned off my computer and went to bed, completely forgetting about the mail I had sent off. The next morning, I went online and found that Full Tilt had replied. They congratulated me on my winning twice in two days and said that they would put my request up for consideration if I were to win a third.
Since then, the tournament has changed somewhat. The buy-in and start-time have remained the same but due to increased numbers it became the $6K Guarantee and is now the $9K Guarantee. Despite my failure, my friends and I still affectionately refer to it as 'THE LAPPIN' and as tournaments go, it will always have a special place as the one that kick-started me in the online MTT world. My friend Stephen 'Stinky Budz' O'Connor shared a similar story with me a few days ago about how it was his first 4-figure tournament win and how he has won it on another occasion since. I won it for a third time about 6 months ago and last night, I made it number 4. First prize was a super-sweet $2700, bringing my profits for the month up to $9K so far. I have been running horribly in my 45-man SNGs (which is a pity coz I have a prop-bet going on my performance in them) but of course, I cannot for a moment complain about how the month is progressing.
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