QQ Holds Strong to Obtain Early Chip Lead

After 4 consecutive losses, I knew my luck was bound to change. Early in the tournament, I get lucky enough to hold pocket queens. Little did I know, my hand was stronger than I expected:
Full Tilt Poker Game #1885648171: $11 + $1 Sit & Go (Turbo) (14064708), Table 1 - 15/30 - No Limit Hold'em - 17:31:02 ET - 2007/02/27
Seat 1: kta203 (1,485)
Seat 2: sleepy14 (1,395)
Seat 3: nick420805 (1,470)
Seat 4: brianNdee (1,545)
Seat 5: jtrain76 (1,500)
Seat 6: RiskyRy (1,605)
Seat 7: Robanob (1,500)
Seat 8: Kris Homerding (1,500)
Seat 9: Mugger89 (1,500)
nick420805 posts the small blind of 15
brianNdee posts the big blind of 30
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Kris Homerding [Qd Qs]
jtrain76 folds
RiskyRy raises to 150
Robanob folds
Kris Homerding calls 150
Mugger89 fold
skta203 folds
sleepy14 calls 150
nick420805 calls 135
brianNdee calls 120
*** FLOP *** [2s 8d 9d]
nick420805 checks
brianNdee checks
RiskyRy bets 420
Kris Homerding calls 420
sleepy14 calls 420
nick420805 calls 420
brianNdee folds
*** TURN *** [2s 8d 9d] [3s]
nick420805 checks
RiskyRy bets 720
Kris Homerding raises to 930, and is all in
sleepy14 calls 825, and is all in
nick420805 folds
RiskyRy calls 210
Kris Homerding shows [Qd Qs]
sleepy14 shows [Th Ts]
RiskyRy shows [Td Tc]
*** RIVER *** [2s 8d 9d 3s] [7c]
Kris Homerding shows a pair of Queens
RiskyRy shows a pair of Tens
Kris Homerding wins the side pot (210) with a pair of Queens
sleepy14 shows a pair of Tens
Kris Homerding wins the main pot (4,905) with a pair of Queens
sleepy14 stands up

With a 1st position raise to 5xBB by RiskyRy, I didn't think I was ahead in the hand preflop; Matter of fact, I never thought I was ahead in the hand until the cards were flipped over. I was lucky enough both players were holding pocket tens, knowing I had the best hand and both players were drawing dead. Things like this put a smile on my face, :)