Where did I go wrong here?

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PokerStars Game #3477788370: Tournament #16922006, Hold'em No Limit - Level IX
(300/600) - 2005/12/30 - 03:53:37 (ET)
Table '16922006 47' Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: ExAnté (18392 in chips)
Seat 2: Reddog133 (17575 in chips)
Seat 3: badpig158 (24920 in chips)
Seat 4: DABADESTCHIC (29360 in chips)
Seat 5: JayRen (5076 in chips)
Seat 6: WaterfallMA (14800 in chips)
Seat 7: Colombo218 (44355 in chips)
Seat 8: mgfrenchy (12505 in chips)
Seat 9: earthyman301 (16244 in chips)
ExAnté: posts the ante 50
Reddog133: posts the ante 50
badpig158: posts the ante 50
DABADESTCHIC: posts the ante 50
JayRen: posts the ante 50
WaterfallMA: posts the ante 50
Colombo218: posts the ante 50
mgfrenchy: posts the ante 50
earthyman301: posts the ante 50
ExAnté: posts small blind 300
Reddog133: posts big blind 600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to ExAnté [Qd Ad]
badpig158: folds
DABADESTCHIC: folds
JayRen: folds
WaterfallMA: folds
Colombo218: folds
mgfrenchy: folds
earthyman301: raises 1200 to 1800
ExAnté: raises 4800 to 6600
Reddog133: folds
earthyman301: calls 4800
*** FLOP *** [Qc 8h Ts]
ExAnté: bets 4800
earthyman301: raises 4794 to 9594 and is all-in
ExAnté: calls 4794
Reddog133 said, "JJJJJJJJJ"
*** TURN *** [Qc 8h Ts] [6d]
Reddog133 said, "777777777777"
*** RIVER *** [Qc 8h Ts 6d] [Jc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ExAnté: shows [Qd Ad] (a pair of Queens)
earthyman301: shows [Kc 9s] (a straight, Nine to King)
earthyman301 collected 33438 from pot
ExAnté said, "****ing sick"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 33438 | Rake 0
Board [Qc 8h Ts 6d Jc]
Seat 1: ExAnté (small blind) showed [Qd Ad] and lost with a pair of Queens
Seat 2: Reddog133 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: badpig158 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: DABADESTCHIC folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: JayRen folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: WaterfallMA folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Colombo218 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: mgfrenchy folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: earthyman301 (button) showed [Kc 9s] and won (33438) with a straight,
Nine to King


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Got 2nd in a 5.50 tourny and FUCK the 20% payout bullshit.

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World of warcraft is almost as addicting as poker.

Already one of my friends has lost his job because of it.... I happen to play quite often, I have a 60 Troll Rogue on Kel Thuzad, and now I pretty much just play for the PVP. Anyone else play on here?

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