Freakin tough grind up the Steps...

Is it really possible to go all the way up the Steps without buying-in directly from like Step8???

Stage #1567579963 Tourney ID 4266823 Holdem Single Tournament No Limit
Step 6
2009-04-01 22:42:07 (ET)Table: 28001175 (Real Money) Seat #5 is the dealer

Seat 1 - FRANKYBGOOD (1040 in chips)
Seat 3 - CASEYCOLUMB (1725 in chips)
Seat 4 - ROYM2 (2670 in chips)
Seat 5 - DBMACJ (1500 in chips)
Seat 6 - MADMONEY1000 (1280 in chips)
Seat 7 - OHIODYLAN (2220 in chips)
Seat 8 - PUTD34 (1640 in chips)
Seat 9 - ATHENIAN (1425 in chips)

MADMONEY1000 - Posts small blind 20
OHIODYLAN - Posts big blind 40
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to FRANKYBGOOD [Ad Kd]

PUTD34 - Calls 40
ATHENIAN - Folds
FRANKYBGOOD - Calls 40
CASEYCOLUMB - Calls 40
ROYM2 - Folds
DBMACJ - Folds
MADMONEY1000 - Calls 20
OHIODYLAN - Checks

*** FLOP *** [4d 4c 3d]
MADMONEY1000 - Checks
OHIODYLAN - Checks
PUTD34 - Bets 40
FRANKYBGOOD - Calls 40
CASEYCOLUMB - Calls 40
MADMONEY1000 - Folds
OHIODYLAN - Folds

*** TURN *** [4d 4c 3d] [Kh]
PUTD34 - Checks
FRANKYBGOOD - Bets 120
CASEYCOLUMB - Raises 240 to 240
PUTD34 - Folds
FRANKYBGOOD - All-In(Raise) 840 to 960
CASEYCOLUMB - Calls 720

*** RIVER ***
[4d 4c 3d Kh] [3h]

*** SHOW DOWN ***
FRANKYBGOOD - Shows [Ad Kd] (Two Pair, kings and fours)
CASEYCOLUMB - Shows [3c 3s] (Four of a kind, threes)

Weeeeeee :-(