These are the pinheads I end up seated with
 

***** Hand History for Game 1994054079 *****
15/30 TourneyTexasHTGameTable (NL) (Tournament 11884296) - Tue May 03 18:14:46 EDT 2005
Table Mini Step 1 1014223 (Real Money) -- Seat 10 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: penguinfan (800)
Seat 2: ike94928 (800)
Seat 3: imstacking (800)
Seat 4: Liutprand (800)
Seat 5: Minnow22222 (800)
Seat 6: cujo1949 (800)
Seat 7: DES49 (800)
Seat 8: bebe7714 (800)
Seat 9: UCMANB (800)
Seat 10: DijonPhilips (800)
penguinfan posts small blind (10)
ike94928 posts big blind (15)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to penguinfan [ 7d, 9c ]
imstacking folds.
Liutprand folds.
Minnow22222 calls (15)
cujo1949 folds.
DES49 folds.
bebe7714 folds.
UCMANB folds.
DijonPhilips raises (800) to 800
DijonPhilips is all-In.
penguinfan folds.
ike94928 calls (785)
ike94928 is all-In.
Minnow22222 folds.
Creating Main Pot with $1625 with ike94928,DijonPhilips
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 5h, Kd, Js ]
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 6c ]
** Dealing River ** : [ 4c ]
** Summary **
Main Pot: 1625
Board: [ 5h Kd Js 6c 4c ]
penguinfan balance 790, lost 10 (folded)
ike94928 balance 1625, bet 800, collected 1625, net +825 [ 4h 4d ] [ three of a kind, fours -- Kd,Js,4h,4d,4c ]
DijonPhilips balance 0, lost 800 [ Ac 2h ] [ high card ace -- Ac,Kd,Js,6c,5h ]
ike94928: bye dumb ass
penguinfan: hello pot, this is kettle, your black


Basically a guy goes all in and gets called by another guy on the very first hand, the original bettor had A-2 off, the caller had 4-4, the four's hold up and he calles the other guy a dumb ass.

LOL.

Step players are t e r r i b l e. I'll be disappointed if I don't advance to Step 3 before the week is out ... busted on the bubble (3rd) last night.

For the record pinhead just knocked me out second. He had me about 7000-1000 when it got heads up with 250/500 blinds so I wasn't expecting much, but I though if I could come back against anyone it would be him.

I'm not sure what you think he should have done there. He DID have 44 and there was 40 chips in the pot.......duh push in there, no question. :p

Seriously, does 2nd move you up to level 2? If so congrats. In any case good luck. It is just a matter of time before someone here gets to level 5 with all that are playing these steps:)

No. In a Step 1, second place just gets you another freebie to try again. The only way you can advance to Step 2 (through Step 1) is by taking 1st.

Step 2 is a little more forgiving, letting the 1st AND 2nd place finishers advance to Step 3.

The Step challenge is so damn frustrating. I once made it up to step 5 and then came one spot out of the money. I wasted an entire night of playing lol. It just seems impossible to do it.

if you only spent $6 you got a whole night of poker for that and almost won a few hundred bucks.

It was the original step challenge at $11 investment but nonetheless I see your point. The only point I'm trying to convey is how frustrating it is to play so long and progress so far, only to miss a decent payday by one spot.

I agree with you I would be pissed off lol.