Played in the PS $215 tourney Today; these three hands pretty much tell the story of my day.

PokerStars Game #1620328508: Tournament #7058449, Hold'em No Limit -
Level VIII (200/400) - 2005/05/01 - 18:25:26 (ET)
Table '7058449 142' Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: 7-2o (24155 in chips)
Seat 2: jucifer (2932 in chips)
Seat 3: AZ _Bobby (5525 in chips)
Seat 4: gobears (2665 in chips)
Seat 5: Rizzers (7955 in chips)
Seat 6: Teejay6969 (11380 in chips)
Seat 7: tomba26 (6170 in chips)
Seat 8: GaryUK21 (11505 in chips)
Seat 9: michael99000 (1695 in chips)
7-2o: posts the ante 25
jucifer: posts the ante 25
AZ _Bobby: posts the ante 25
gobears: posts the ante 25
Rizzers: posts the ante 25
Teejay6969: posts the ante 25
tomba26: posts the ante 25
GaryUK21: posts the ante 25
michael99000: posts the ante 25
Teejay6969: posts small blind 200
tomba26: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to gobears [6h 4h]
GaryUK21: folds
michael99000: folds
7-2o: folds
jucifer: folds
AZ _Bobby: folds
gobears: raises 2240 to 2640 and is all-in
Rizzers: folds
Teejay6969: calls 2440
tomba26: folds
*** FLOP *** [Qs 7s 5d]
*** TURN *** [Qs 7s 5d] [8h]
*** RIVER *** [Qs 7s 5d 8h] [2h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Teejay6969: shows [Th Tc] (a pair of Tens)
gobears: shows [6h 4h] (a straight, Four to Eight)
gobears collected 5905 from pot

Down to 6x the BB; try to steal from the CO; hit the lucky straight to double up.

I then build up my stack to where I'm about 100th with 500 players left. I then run into the hand below. Kings get cracked by Eights on the river.

PokerStars Game #1620521759: Tournament #7058449, Hold'em No Limit -
Level IX (300/600) - 2005/05/01 - 18:57:54 (ET)
Table '7058449 207' Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: jaaj (16025 in chips)
Seat 2: gobears (15210 in chips)
Seat 3: J9 of clubs (29190 in chips)
Seat 4: Mashills (12915 in chips)
Seat 5: DADDEE (19940 in chips)
Seat 6: Donutz (1750 in chips)
Seat 7: Ruupa (6985 in chips)
Seat 8: 55lucky55 (17756 in chips)
Seat 9: dostar (6620 in chips)
jaaj: posts the ante 50
gobears: posts the ante 50
J9 of clubs: posts the ante 50
Mashills: posts the ante 50
DADDEE: posts the ante 50
Donutz: posts the ante 50
Ruupa: posts the ante 50
55lucky55: posts the ante 50
dostar: posts the ante 50
jaaj: posts small blind 300
gobears: posts big blind 600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to gobears [Kc Kh]
J9 of clubs: folds
Mashills: raises 600 to 1200
DADDEE: folds
Donutz: folds
Ruupa: raises 5735 to 6935 and is all-in
55lucky55: folds
dostar: folds
jaaj: folds
gobears: raises 8225 to 15160 and is all-in
Mashills: folds
*** FLOP *** [5d Jd 7s]
*** TURN *** [5d Jd 7s] [Qs]
*** RIVER *** [5d Jd 7s Qs] [8c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
gobears: shows [Kc Kh] (a pair of Kings)
Ruupa: shows [8h 8s] (three of a kind, Eights)
Ruupa collected 15820 from pot

And to finish off the day; My aces get cracked by jacks; at least this guy made good use of the chips as he finished 6th in the tourney.


PokerStars Game #1620600875: Tournament #7058449, Hold'em No Limit -
Level X (400/800) - 2005/05/01 - 19:11:00 (ET)
Table '7058449 207' Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: jaaj (18095 in chips)
Seat 2: gobears (7625 in chips)
Seat 3: J9 of clubs (32190 in chips)
Seat 4: Mashills (19140 in chips)
Seat 5: DADDEE (15390 in chips)
Seat 6: ronnie b (5668 in chips)
Seat 7: Ruupa (17620 in chips)
Seat 8: 55lucky55 (17981 in chips)
Seat 9: Madsiboy (5740 in chips)
jaaj: posts the ante 50
gobears: posts the ante 50
J9 of clubs: posts the ante 50
Mashills: posts the ante 50
DADDEE: posts the ante 50
ronnie b: posts the ante 50
Ruupa: posts the ante 50
55lucky55: posts the ante 50
Madsiboy: posts the ante 50
J9 of clubs: posts small blind 400
Mashills: posts big blind 800
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to gobears [Ac Ah]
DADDEE: folds
ronnie b: raises 1600 to 2400
Ruupa: folds
55lucky55: folds
Madsiboy: folds
jaaj: raises 4800 to 7200
gobears: raises 375 to 7575 and is all-in
J9 of clubs: folds
Mashills: folds
ronnie b: calls 3218 and is all-in
jaaj: calls 375
*** FLOP *** [2s 8d 4h]
*** TURN *** [2s 8d 4h] [Js]
*** RIVER *** [2s 8d 4h Js] [4c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
jaaj: shows [Jd Jc] (a full house, Jacks full of Fours)
gobears: shows [Ac Ah] (two pair, Aces and Fours)
jaaj collected 3914 from side pot
ronnie b: shows [6s 6d] (two pair, Sixes and Fours)
ronnie b is sitting out
jaaj collected 18504 from main pot