First Live Tournament

I am considering playing in my first live tournament tomorrow out here at one of the casinos in vegas. Which should i try first?

First tournament
$22 buy in - no rebuys no addons
First Hour Limit, then No-Limit after that
$800 in starting chips

Second tournament
$35 buy in - no rebuys no addons
Its a limit tournament
$1000 in starting chips

Third tournament
$45 dollar buy in - no rebuys no addons
No Limit
$1500 in starting chips

For someone who is doing their first live tournament.
Any suggestions.

blind structures should be taken into consideration but the 3rd one sounds good. i just dont like that whole limit first hour thing on the first one.
but yea 3rd one as long as it has long levels (that way it wont be soo much of a luck tourney.
also a bigger buy in so probably less runner runner beats.

i was kind of torn between all three. i agree with you that the third one is more enticing. The first one i liked because it was $22 and considered a "good beginner's tournament". plus, it would give me good live tournament exposure. the secong one i like because its limit. i play live limit cash games. the third i like because of what you said heat.

i think it was 20 min blind structure for the third 1

well in ur case since u like limit. As long as the blind structures are the same go with the first one then. I hate limit so anything with limit i will shoot down for me but for u go for it baby and post the results! good luck

Third is most tempting but biggest buy-in.

Whatever you like

Let me approach this a different way.

For your first live tourney half the experience is the way a live tourney is played. I'm guessing you have played tons of tourneys online.

I suggest the cheapest, smallest tourney you can find for the first live tourney. Just to get the mechanics of the event under your belt. If you get into a bigger one, the length of time it takes might surprise you, or the slow blind structure, or any of a zillion other things.

And where is that drink lady??????

Like others said, the structure should be considered. I would go with tourney 3 though considering it's almost twice as many starting chips as the first one, and 1/3rd the starting chips as the second.

It really depends on structure, and what type of poker you like.

i played in the third one today. total of 40 entrants. made it to the final table and placed eighth. i played tight. aggressive on good hands. i was happy with my overall performance, except when i had pocket 5. i blew that one. i was up to around 10000 in chips and blew 1/3 on pocket fives. i waa in the big blind. 3 guys in the hand. flop is 2 q q. guy after the bb raises, the other guy calls. so i call. the turn is nothing. i bet, he raises me, the other guy folds, i call. River is nothing. i bet. he raises i call. he had pocket kings. i was so mad. i was at $2700 left in chips. i was more mad at myself for playing that hand. i was an IDIOT. i kept telling myself to fold that hand. i should have listened to myself. this guy bluffed alot to. he always showed us his rag cards. but i took as a learning experience. i'll play in it again. i was so close to the money.