Nice start

2nd hand in the tourney. I reraised preflop and got very lucky. I liked my hand.

PokerStars Game #7430015325: Tournament #38006329, $1.00+$0.20 Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2006/12/13 - 19:25:25 (ET)
Table '38006329 2' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: ja4ftassasin (1440 in chips)
Seat 2: TarheelGuy34 (1480 in chips)
Seat 3: tigerwatson (1700 in chips)
Seat 4: joeperez02 (1440 in chips)
Seat 5: can10 (1500 in chips)
Seat 6: pistol_pete9 (1500 in chips)
Seat 7: Sundance172 (1500 in chips)
Seat 8: MiamiBadBoy (1440 in chips)
Seat 9: BigJoe1415 (1500 in chips)
tigerwatson: posts small blind 10
joeperez02: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to TarheelGuy34 [7d 8d]
can10: calls 20
pistol_pete9: calls 20
Sundance172: raises 80 to 100
MiamiBadBoy: folds
BigJoe1415: folds
ja4ftassasin: folds
TarheelGuy34: raises 80 to 180
tigerwatson: folds
joeperez02: folds
can10: folds
pistol_pete9: folds
Sundance172: calls 80
*** FLOP *** [5d 9s 6s]
Sundance172: bets 60
TarheelGuy34: raises 285 to 345
Sundance172: calls 285
*** TURN *** [5d 9s 6s] [Ah]
Sundance172: bets 20
TarheelGuy34: raises 935 to 955 and is all-in
Sundance172: calls 935
*** RIVER *** [5d 9s 6s Ah] [4d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Sundance172: shows [Kh As] (a pair of Aces)
TarheelGuy34: shows [7d 8d] (a straight, Five to Nine)
TarheelGuy34 collected 3030 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3030 | Rake 0
Board [5d 9s 6s Ah 4d]
Seat 1: ja4ftassasin folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: TarheelGuy34 (button) showed [7d 8d] and won (3030) with a straight, Five to Nine
Seat 3: tigerwatson (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: joeperez02 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: can10 folded before Flop
Seat 6: pistol_pete9 folded before Flop
Seat 7: Sundance172 showed [Kh As] and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 8: MiamiBadBoy folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: BigJoe1415 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

2 hands later

PokerStars Game #7430057129: Tournament #38006329, $1.00+$0.20 Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2006/12/13 - 19:28:21 (ET)
Table '38006329 2' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: ja4ftassasin (1440 in chips)
Seat 2: TarheelGuy34 (3030 in chips)
Seat 3: tigerwatson (1690 in chips)
Seat 4: joeperez02 (1410 in chips)
Seat 5: can10 (1460 in chips)
Seat 6: pistol_pete9 (1360 in chips)
Seat 8: MiamiBadBoy (2490 in chips)
Seat 9: BigJoe1415 (620 in chips)
can10: posts small blind 10
pistol_pete9: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to TarheelGuy34 [Ac Ks]
MiamiBadBoy: calls 20
BigJoe1415: raises 120 to 140
ja4ftassasin: folds
TarheelGuy34: raises 1120 to 1260
tigerwatson: folds
joeperez02: folds
can10: folds
pistol_pete9: folds
MiamiBadBoy is disconnected
MiamiBadBoy is connected
MiamiBadBoy: folds
BigJoe1415: calls 480 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [Qd Ah 9d]
*** TURN *** [Qd Ah 9d] [As]
*** RIVER *** [Qd Ah 9d As] [Ad]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BigJoe1415: shows [7h 8h] (three of a kind, Aces)
TarheelGuy34: shows [Ac Ks] (four of a kind, Aces)
TarheelGuy34 collected 1290 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1290 | Rake 0
Board [Qd Ah 9d As Ad]
Seat 1: ja4ftassasin folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: TarheelGuy34 showed [Ac Ks] and won (1290) with four of a kind, Aces
Seat 3: tigerwatson folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: joeperez02 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: can10 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: pistol_pete9 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: MiamiBadBoy folded before Flop
Seat 9: BigJoe1415 showed [7h 8h] and lost with three of a kind, Aces

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TinMan here, TarheelGuy at the tables.

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bounce the cube off the cats head..that might be worth a go-eucalypta