**Rarlier today, I joined my very first tournament. Quite exciting, I must admit...**
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## The Tournament This morning, I noticed @crystalhuman was hosting a 'no legendaries' Novice toutnament. It seemed like the perfect opportunity to join my very first tournament. After all, having no legendaries yet really limits your options. So I decided to join, even if I did not understand a lot about the prize that would be awarded. Meanwhile, I know SMPT stands for Steemmonsters Poker Tokens, but that is about all I found out so far. I didn't really care about the prizes, I just wanted to see how well I would be able to do. After all, my deck is far from complete, and I was eager to test it in a tourney. [![](https://d1vof77qrk4l5q.cloudfront.net/img/141b0b1c1eb37e624fd4606b1977fd9a18acf256.png)](https://d1vof77qrk4l5q.cloudfront.net/img/141b0b1c1eb37e624fd4606b1977fd9a18acf256.png) ## My Results The first found I had to battle against someone who was completely unknown to me. Personally, I always find this more diffucult than battling someone you know. ![](https://d1vof77qrk4l5q.cloudfront.net/img/47a6df1f3c4da7fdf5785d54072fe69ade442770.jpg) ^{Click to enlarge} After losing my first battle against @andruto, I thought it would be over in the first round already. But then a miracle happened, and I won the next two battles. While waiting for the next round to start, I could see that my next opponent would be either my buddy @wonderwop or @mattclarke. I must admit I kept my fingers crossed that it would be @wonderwop, because @mattclarke is just... @mattclarke. :0) Keeping those fingers crossed didn't help. I was matched against @mattclarke. Even though I knew I wouldn't stand a chance, I gave everything I had... and even managed to beat him once. ![Screenshot_20190327_012700.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmcszVxD5samBH7SEWG9woJj3DfveXGgFjWDVwy4kMbpZL/Screenshot_20190327_012700.jpg) ![HNWT6DgoBc14riaEeLCzGYopkqYBKxpGKqfNWfgr368M9Uh2gUxMpwExBkxGQbWHH7NC7xP7hwMoyeZ2qq4tikNypio2eRYLnfwuWGwmJE94fD3msF3mzSrYW7p.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmfQtWU2BMVgr1PZGjnZwWYiyPkzxwE44LiNPaznemYZjb/HNWT6DgoBc14riaEeLCzGYopkqYBKxpGKqfNWfgr368M9Uh2gUxMpwExBkxGQbWHH7NC7xP7hwMoyeZ2qq4tikNypio2eRYLnfwuWGwmJE94fD3msF3mzSrYW7p.png) ## Future Plans I will definitely join more tournaments in the future. They provide an excellent opportunity to gain experience. And because I'm still missing a lot of important cards, I can definitely use the training :0) ![j9ayvgTlphafe.gif](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmPp188VhCd8J1yXGyMKJm4MfGGT2Q7mG2JLQgGqke8QDs/j9ayvgTlphafe.gif) Source My daily update will have to wait until tomorrow. It's way past midnight, and I really need to get some sleep now. Just wanted to share this exciting news with you before I turned in. ### See you soon!
![divider2.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmSD2nY2jQCNSmgJ5V9YarWDX9Qpjd1hwDJoPsa7cEFaTL/divider2.png) ## Recommended Interested in more stories about what it is like to start playing Steemmonsters without having a truckload of money to invest? Check out @senstlessmonster and @bxlphabet, who are doing something similar.

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