Every tuesday at a local indian casino they host two turbo tournaments. $80 buy-in, with 40 people max, with a starting stack of 8000 chips and 20minute blinds.

Before joining TPE I had played the tournaments twice, both times making the final table, but never cashed, bubbling the first time, and getting knocked out 8th in the second.

Yesterday I went back for my third attempt, and after utilizing a few techniques I've learned here, such as a the 3bet shove, I managed to ship the tournament. Unfortunately the pot was chopped when we were 3 handed because of almost identical chip sizes, and big blinds/antes, so instead of winning $800 I only got $500. But either way, it still felt awesome to ship the tourney.