Almost a bad beat for me
 

I have AA vs 88 vs 55
5 trips hit first
8 trips hits second
A trips hit on the river.

PokerStars Game #2875897321: Tournament #14173797, Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2005/10/23 - 18:38:33 (ET)
Table '14173797 2' Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: kkaden (1840 in chips)
Seat 2: count42 (1480 in chips)
Seat 3: Victor V (1320 in chips)
Seat 4: novello (1400 in chips)
Seat 5: treesus (3340 in chips)
Seat 6: $mokingGun (1480 in chips)
Seat 7: Maxxum (1320 in chips)
Seat 9: Robbr25 (1320 in chips)
treesus: posts small blind 10
$mokingGun: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Robbr25 [Ah Ac]
Maxxum: calls 20
Robbr25: raises 40 to 60
kkaden: raises 40 to 100
count42: folds
Victor V: folds
novello: calls 100
treesus: folds
$mokingGun: folds
Maxxum: calls 80
Robbr25: raises 1220 to 1320 and is all-in
kkaden: calls 1220
novello: folds
Maxxum: calls 1220 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [5h Qc Ts]
*** TURN *** [5h Qc Ts] [8d]
*** RIVER *** [5h Qc Ts 8d] [As]
novello said, "nh"
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Maxxum: shows [5c 5s] (three of a kind, Fives)
Robbr25: shows [Ah Ac] (three of a kind, Aces)
kkaden: shows [8h 8s] (three of a kind, Eights)
Victor V said, "o geez"
Robbr25 collected 4090 from pot
Robbr25 said, "wow"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 4090 | Rake 0
Board [5h Qc Ts 8d As]
Seat 1: kkaden showed [8h 8s] and lost with three of a kind, Eights
Seat 2: count42 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Victor V folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: novello (button) folded before Flop
Seat 5: treesus (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: $mokingGun (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: Maxxum showed [5c 5s] and lost with three of a kind, Fives
Seat 9: Robbr25 showed [Ah Ac] and won (4090) with three of a kind, Aces

Too funny man.

Tell me about it.
I guess you can say that I did put a bad beat on the other guys,
but at least I had the best hand when the money went in.

You most certainly can not say that. There was no bad beat here. The best hand won. There ALMOST was a bad beat, but there wasn't.

Quite the rollercoaster of a hand....

I had something similar happen last night... I hit a set of 4s on the flop and the guy to my right goes all-in with a pair of 8s, I call, he hits his set of 8s on the turn, I hit quad 4s on the river.

I can't believe the 5's even stayed in. Looks to be early on in the tourney. Heck, I would have thrown the 8s away at that point with the raise you put in.

Absolutely -- unless I was simply just looking to gamble and either double up or get knocked out quick