3rd is my nemesis

i am not complaining too much, cause my stars bankroll has been at mission critical, but it would be really effing nice to take first in one of these sometime. at this point i'd even settle for second. really, i'd just like to get past third.



i was first in chips when we were four handed, and i raised w/ ATo and got called by the bb. flop came AT9, he bet out, i raised, he jammed, i called. he showed 99 and that's how i became the shortie. he went out a little while later w/ QQ when botim23 hit a set of 5s on the flop. a lot of the tournament is a blur, so i can't write too much of a post on it, and i'm extremely tired, so i'll leave you with a bad beat. :) this is how my tournament ended:

PokerStars Game #14450993299: Tournament #72643787, $15.00+$1.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level XIX (4000/8000) - 2008/01/10 - 02:56:54 (ET)
Table '72643787 14' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 7: princeharibo (155924 in chips)
Seat 8: TTRAIDER9 (663088 in chips)
Seat 9: botim23 (379488 in chips)
princeharibo: posts the ante 800
TTRAIDER9: posts the ante 800
botim23: posts the ante 800
botim23: posts small blind 4000
princeharibo: posts big blind 8000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to princeharibo [7h 7c]
TTRAIDER9: raises 16000 to 24000
botim23: calls 20000
princeharibo: raises 131124 to 155124 and is all-in
TTRAIDER9: folds
botim23: calls 131124
*** FLOP *** [6c 6h Kh]
*** TURN *** [6c 6h Kh] [4h]
*** RIVER *** [6c 6h Kh 4h] [5d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
botim23: shows [5s 5c] (a full house, Fives full of Sixes)
princeharibo: shows [7h 7c] (two pair, Sevens and Sixes)
botim23 collected 336648 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 336648 | Rake 0
Board [6c 6h Kh 4h 5d]
Seat 7: princeharibo (big blind) showed [7h 7c] and lost with two pair, Sevens and Sixes
Seat 8: TTRAIDER9 (button) folded before Flop
Seat 9: botim23 (small blind) showed [5s 5c] and won (336648) with a full house, Fives full of Sixes