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[snooptodd]

It's true but I don't think about it much - it ended up being a nice winning session for me and I was on vacation in Scottsdale so meh. In the middle of a losing session at home it would've stung bad. Besides, I didn't lose any money, just the chance at additional monies.

EDIT: I've wondered from time to time if it actually paid if we hit - the dealer and the other player clearly discussed the bad beat while cards where in play, which I've heard invalidates it (at least at Foxwoods - never seen one hit live).

But what idiot at the table would say "Hey, both that player and the dealer discussed the bad beat! Don't award the jackpot!"

Thinking about this situation, though, the right play here would always be to jam once you figured it out, wouldn't it? She can never catch up and has to call, so in the rare case when the board invalidates her hand, you at least win a nice pot, right?

 

[jbutler]

JRB one is better, but i also love to see the color drain from carter gill's face here:

 

[Quicksilver-75]

JRB one is better, but i also love to see the color drain from carter gill's face here:

Lmao...talk about 50 shades of grey..he looked like he was thinking about whether or not his hotel windows open and if he is high enough to jump..

 

[bergs]

I always loved this hand, simply because of JRB's emotions playing open faced.

This wins the thread, just the way it plays out emotionally is perfect for a bad beat setup, but the turn sets up the gutter and bingo. Table explodes.

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But what idiot at the table would say "Hey, both that player and the dealer discussed the bad beat! Don't award the jackpot!"

Thinking about this situation, though, the right play here would always be to jam once you figured it out, wouldn't it? She can never catch up and has to call, so in the rare case when the board invalidates her hand, you at least win a nice pot, right?

Yeah, that's the right play in retrospect, but the whole thing bewildered me and I slowed way down. Also, has the HDK famously told me at the entrance of Foxwoods poker room before I played for the first time - "Never underestimate the gross stupidity of other people". It's not outside the realm of possibility that she stupidly folds if I jam...but I didn't understand what was going on with the bad beat anyway, really.

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Lmao...talk about 50 shades of grey..he looked like he was thinking about whether or not his hotel windows open and if he is high enough to jump..

He thought he was on the set of PUNK'D and was waiting for Ashton Kuscher to pop out from under the table.

 

[Mojo1312]

My favorite bad beat memory involved a hand between two players at Hollywood Slots in Bangor. A player at the $2/$5 table raised to $50 with pocket Aces pre-flop and got a couple of callers. He c-bets after the flop, the middle player folds, and the last player to act goes all-in. The guy with the rockets immediately becomes unsettled, and tanks for a considerable amount of time before finally making the call. He asks the other player if he flopped two pair or a set, and the other player says "No, I flopped the straight." Mr. Aces looked seasick. I thought he might actually lose his lunch.

The dealer flipped over an Ace on the turn, and the case Ace on the river!

There is one other fond memory I have from playing $2/$5. The player to my left raised pre-flop with pocket Jacks. The player directly across from him called with 7 of spades and 9 of spades. The flop: 7,9,9!

The player with the full house checks, and the player with pocket Jacks bets. Mr. 7,9 asks him if he wants him to call. The kid instantly becomes wary, but answers with a yes, albeit reluctantly. The turn card is an 8. Both players check. The river card is a 10. The kid with the Jacks pops up in his chair. His opponent checks, and he quickly makes a bet. Mr. Full House moves all-in. Mr. Jacks snap calls!

What a sick game.

 

[Chippy McChiperson]

So sick

 

[Gear]

Not quite as epic as some of the others in this thread but this happened to me the other day.

Tournament - blinds 500/1000
My stack 10,500
Villain has me well covered

Villain raises to 3500
I look at Ah Kh and shove
Villain calls somewhat reluctantly and shows Qc Js

Flop is Jh 7h 5h (I have flopped the ace-high flush)

Turn Jc
River 5d


I realize AK vs QJ is only like 65-35 preflop, but it was 97-3 after flopping the flush. Sigh.

 

[guinness]

It's an old WSOP 2004 main event story but in case you haven't heard it....

If you hang around the tournament area, you'll hear plenty of bad-beat stories. Let's face it, anytime you're knocked out of the World Series of Poker, it feels like a bad beat regardless of the cards. But during Monday's action, Luke Gallagher of San Francisco , California , experienced the mother of all bad beats.
Gallagher limped in with pocket fives in a multiway pot, and managed to keep his cool as the flop came 7-5-5 . He checked his quads, there were a few other checks, and a player in late position moved all in with pocket nines, thinking his overpair was good. When Gallagher called and turned over his quads, the other player started gathering his things to leave the table ... only to see the turn and river come 9-9.

Gallagher flopped quad fives against a pair, and lost.

 

[Chippy McChiperson]

So I just inflicted this one last night, maybe the biggest pot I ever won and certainly the worst beat in terms of money. Button (loose aggressive plays almost every hand) button straddles for $15, I look down and call with two black deuces ($953 starting stack), because as you know, deuces never looses. One other limper then Hijack (tight aggressive, $415 stack) raises to $40. Button, who covers, calls as do I and the other limper. Flop is 10-8-2 rainbow, I check, other limper checks, hijack leads out for $125. Button asks how much hijack has behind, puts in that exact amount ($375 total). Now the button is crazy, but he is the one person at the table who could easily have two pair here. Anyway, I jam for $538 more, other limper folds, hijack cry calls, button tanks for a few minutes. At this point I'm sure he has 10 8. He asks if we can run it more than once, and we inform him nope since there is another person in the hand. Eventually he calls, and flips over 88. Button has KK obv. Turn deuce, river brick, and I win a $2365 pot plus take the lead in the high hand ($220) which holds for the next two and a half hours. I probably would have run it as many times as the button wanted if it was just the two of us, thank goodness the hijack made one of the worst calls I've ever seen (and believe me, I've made enough to have seen quite a few).

 

[Hot Nuts]

Ok, this was on pokerstars when I was just learning the game and playing micro stakes. Just a wild hand.

I flopped a str8.....and.....


Table 'Capek' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: AkiraXXX ($12.55 in chips)
Seat 2: cruizer30 ($5.65 in chips)
Seat 3: neer69 ($10 in chips)
Seat 4: elgatoesme ($28.30 in chips)
Seat 5: Hero ($11.85 in chips)
Seat 6: Futonclan ($10.55 in chips)
Seat 7: pinkhat28 ($11.70 in chips)
Seat 8: remo13 ($11.10 in chips)
Seat 9: OVER THE TOP ($9.35 in chips)
Futonclan: posts small blind $0.05
pinkhat28: posts big blind $0.10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [Kc Jc]
remo13: folds
OVER THE TOP: calls $0.10
AkiraXXX: calls $0.10
cruizer30: calls $0.10
neer69: calls $0.10
elgatoesme: calls $0.10
Hero: calls $0.10
Futonclan: calls $0.05
pinkhat28: checks
*** FLOP *** [9c Qs Th]
Futonclan: checks
pinkhat28: checks
OVER THE TOP: checks
AkiraXXX: checks
cruizer30: bets $0.30
neer69: raises $0.60 to $0.90
elgatoesme: folds
Hero: raises $0.60 to $1.50
Futonclan: folds
pinkhat28: folds
OVER THE TOP: raises $3 to $4.50
AkiraXXX: calls $4.50
cruizer30: folds
neer69: calls $3.60
Hero: raises $7.25 to $11.75 and is all-in
OVER THE TOP: calls $4.75 and is all-in
AkiraXXX: calls $7.25
neer69: calls $5.40 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [9c Qs Th] [Tc] [Figured I'm screwed here, someone's got a full house]
*** RIVER *** [9c Qs Th Tc] [Qc] [Yep, thinking damnit, pokerstars screwed me again and I ran away screaming]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
AkiraXXX: shows [Qh Ad] (a full house, Queens full of Tens)
Hero: shows [Kc Jc] (a straight flush, Nine to King)
Hero collected $3.55 from side pot-2
neer69: mucks hand
Hero collected $1.85 from side pot-1
OVER THE TOP: shows [Kd Js] (a straight, Nine to King)
OVER THE TOP is sitting out
OVER THE TOP has returned
Hero collected $36.20 from main pot
OVER THE TOP leaves the table
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $43.75 Main pot $36.20. Side pot-1 $1.85. Side pot-2 $3.55. | Rake $2.15
Board [9c Qs Th Tc Qc]
Seat 1: AkiraXXX showed [Qh Ad] and lost with a full house, Queens full of Tens
Seat 2: cruizer30 folded on the Flop
Seat 3: neer69 mucked [9d 9h]
Seat 4: elgatoesme folded on the Flop
Seat 5: Hero (button) showed [Kc Jc] and won ($41.60) with a straight flush, Nine to King
Seat 6: Futonclan (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 7: pinkhat28 (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 8: remo13 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: OVER THE TOP showed [Kd Js] and lost with a straight, Nine to King

When I came back from puking, I saw I had $41. I thought WTF? I had zero thoughts of getting a runner runner str9 flush.

Nuts on flop, dog on turn, nuts on river against 2 full houses and flopped str8.

 

[Trihonda]

Running decent at my local casino. Tried to decide if I wanted to stick around for one more orbit, but decided to call it a day... Left, and within a few minutes of leaving, my phone is blowing up how the $160,000 Bad Beat Jackpot JUST hit, giving everyone in the poker room $3k in room share of the jackpot.

Missed out by less than 10 minutes.


ANOTHER STORY FROM LAST NIGHT

My K4 (diamonds) in the BB.

Flop is K49 (two clubs)

Me and opponent wind up back and forth into an ALL-IN ($150 in the pot).

He has A5 of clubs.

Turn is the 9 of clubs (he has the nut flush)

River is the 4 of hearts (I hit the boat).

What an emotional roller coaster ride up and down.

 

[xt!]

I just had akj5 <qqxx on a aaqqk board

 

[Chippy McChiperson]

Ouch sorry

 

[spikeithard]

Here is the only one I can think of I was witness to a few years ago. (the picture was taken upside down and it was AJ vs KK - ran it times). Take not of the somewhat rare table find Paulson National 1's. And a small glimpse of Paulson Pharaohs 5s
Ouch~

 

[gopherblue]

Running decent at my local casino. Tried to decide if I wanted to stick around for one more orbit, but decided to call it a day... Left, and within a few minutes of leaving, my phone is blowing up how the $160,000 Bad Beat Jackpot JUST hit, giving everyone in the poker room $3k in room share of the jackpot.

Missed out by less than 10 minutes.


ANOTHER STORY FROM LAST NIGHT

My K4 (diamonds) in the BB.

Flop is K49 (two clubs)

Me and opponent wind up back and forth into an ALL-IN ($150 in the pot).

He has A5 of clubs.

Turn is the 9 of clubs (he has the nut flush)

River is the 4 of hearts (I hit the boat).

What an emotional roller coaster ride up and down.

First a table talker and now this? Golly.

 

[Trihonda]

First a table talker and now this? Golly.

Huh?

 

[gopherblue]

I'm just sayin' that I can see why you're steamed...you only take $75 off the guy with the flush, and you leave before the BBJ hits...but you know he was still there, since he was stuck that $75 and trying to make it back, so in actuality that hand paid him off handsomely and you essentially lost. That, and a chatty cathy when you were in super-pro-hoodie-and-sunglasses mode would make anyone want to hang it up and take up canasta.

 

[grandgnu]

Playing on Party Poker, probably back in 2006. The Omaha hi/lo cash games were fricken gold mines. So anyway, two days in a row I raise preflop with AAxx where I have low and suited potential.

Both days I get called by absolute mouth breathers (holding 77xx and 99xx) and both days by the turn I have the nut full house and a low redraw. Of course, both days my opponents have managed to hit quads and I whiff my low on both rivers, getting scooped in two pretty massive pots. I took two weeks off from poker after that (but not before smashing the scratching post my cats use in a fit of rage)

 

[kirchhausen]

Two from Delaware Park, that godforsaken place that owns my soul (or used to before Casinos opened up in Md).

1) $900 hand in 1/2 I flop a set of sixes vs Donk with over pair, all in by the turn, he binks a K on the river to set over set me.
2) $700 is pot, I flop set of 9s on 69K flop, all in on K turn, river is a six. Mouth breathing meth-head villain has 66 obv.

 

[mattduck]

This happened just about a month ago when I was in Vegas for WSOP.

Playing 1/3 at Aria about 2 hours into my session. Two of my three friends who came out to WSOP with me are also playing at the table. Having clearly built the image that I will play any two cards and am ready to gamble. Already took a friends stack by flopping two pair (sixes and threes) which became a full house on the turn, leaving his pockets queens in shambles.

So the hand ...

I straddle ($6). Friend who I already staked is two to my left and he raises to $20. Fold around to big blind who call the $20. I know look at my cards and wake up with AA. So I take about 3 seconds I decide to make the complete over bet hoping I get called given my table image and shove for around $625. Friend stares at me and says "I have a big hand - why did you do that?". I say nothing. He calls for around $350. Action on big blind ... he takes all of 1 second and also calls - has me covered buy around $50. No one flips over their hands.

Flop comes K 4 7 rainbow.

Friend turns over A K and smiles a bit smugly.

Turn 10

River 2

... big blind flips over KK. Got me with the case king.

Fortunately, I got my money back and more with my next buy-in.

 

[Virtus]

Played in a small tourney tonight and took a fairly bad beat.

Table is 6 handed
Blinds: 1k/2k
Heros stack: 34.5k
Villain 1 and 2 are about equal to me in stacks.
These are back-to-back hands.

Hand 1:

I'm UTG and look down at KK and raise to 6k.

The table folds around to Villain 1 in the BB who calls.

Flop comes 679 rainbow.

Villain 1 checks.

I bet 8k.

Villain 1 shoves and has me covered.

He is a fairly aggressive player and has a wide range but I hadn't seen him make any bad bets after the flop.

I think for about a minute and decide to fold. Villain 1 shows 85o.

Whew, good fold but what was he calling for preflop?


Hand 2:

Heroes stack: 20.5k

I'm in the BB and look down at KK again!

There are 2 limpers and then Villain 2 raises to 6k from the cutoff. He has been playing loose and making similar raises all night with small pocket pairs and suited connectors.

Button and SB fold to me.

I raise to 12k.

The two limpers fold and then Villain 2 calls after a brief pause.

Flop comes 77K.

Villain 2 mistakenly checks out of turn and then apologizes.

I shove for 8.5k.

Villain insta-calls and flips 77 for quads.

Turn is a 6. River is a T.

Ouch! Pocket Kings were not my friend tonight.

 

[manamongkids]

Lost a $200 pot playing .25/.50 6 max PLO on Bovada

Hero: AA78
Villian 5566

Flop: A56, villian hit 2 bottom sets and quaded up on river. GG

 

[MikesDad]

Playing 1/3 at the local casino, I had AA on the button....blah, blah, blah.. you know the rest

(sorry, feeling a little crazy after being stuck in the house for 3 days because of snow.)

 

[Ronoh]

Playing 1/3 at the local casino, I had AA on the button....blah, blah, blah.. you know the rest

These are my favorite bad beat stories... the ones without a story

 

[slisk250]

In our Wednesday cash game there are 2 villians that keep squaring off. One guy is total LAG and also full of crap most the time. The other is a crazy Lag too but a very well behaved English gentleman. They get it all in after the QQJ flop. brit turns over JJ, other guy shows Q5, turn 5, river J - hits the 2 outer after Villain 2 hits a 3 outer.

A few hands later it happens again except it was kings full over queens full and Villain 2 strikes back hitting the 2 outer on the river.

Last orbit before the night is finished. They get it in again and the Brit rivers a straight flush busting a Villain #2's made nut flush. I was laughing so hard I almost pissed my pants.

 

[jbutler]

Lost a $200 pot playing .25/.50 6 max PLO on Bovada

Hero: AA78
Villian 5566

Flop: A56, villian hit 2 bottom sets and quaded up on river. GG

Not trying to be a one-upper, but I have to chime in with this from last night's game. A guy was getting absolutely destroyed with coolers/suckouts/quartered pots/etc in the $10/20 O8 game at the Borg and was letting everyone know about it. Evidently he had been at the game for 30 hours straight. I've played with him plenty and he's a nice enough guy, but can't lose in silence. We'll call him Jimmy. Then this hand comes up.

Jimmy raises the button on a half-kill hand ($10/20 becomes $15/30) and gets three callers including the kill.

Flop ($135): KT8r

One bet, Jimmy raises, one cold call, bettor calls.

Turn ($225): 2s putting spade draw on board.

Checks to Jimmy who bets and gets two callers.

River ($315): 8s completing flush.

Checks to Jimmy who bets, gets a caller, and gets check raised. Jimmy 3-bets, middle guy folds, villain 4-bets. Jimmy shoots up from his seat and starts telling everyone that if he loses this hand he's going home, he can't believe he runs like this, etc etc.

Naturally he calls and the guys turns over 8874 no suit. Jimmy turns over KKTT.

 

[manamongkids]

Not trying to be a one-upper, but I have to chime in with this from last night's game. A guy was getting absolutely destroyed with coolers/suckouts/quartered pots/etc in the $10/20 O8 game at the Borg and was letting everyone know about it. Evidently he had been at the game for 30 hours straight. I've played with him plenty and he's a nice enough guy, but can't lose in silence. We'll call him Jimmy. Then this hand comes up.

Jimmy raises the button on a half-kill hand ($10/20 becomes $15/30) and gets three callers including the kill.

Flop ($135): KT8r

One bet, Jimmy raises, one cold call, bettor calls.

Turn ($225): 2s putting spade draw on board.

Checks to Jimmy who bets and gets two callers.

River ($315): 8s completing flush.

Checks to Jimmy who bets, gets a caller, and gets check raised. Jimmy 3-bets, middle guy folds, villain 4-bets. Jimmy shoots up from his seat and starts telling everyone that if he loses this hand he's going home, he can't believe he runs like this, etc etc.

Naturally he calls and the guys turns over 8874 no suit. Jimmy turns over KKTT.

BINK

 

[slisk250]

Not trying to be a one-upper, but I have to chime in with this from last night's game. A guy was getting absolutely destroyed with coolers/suckouts/quartered pots/etc in the $10/20 O8 game at the Borg and was letting everyone know about it. Evidently he had been at the game for 30 hours straight. I've played with him plenty and he's a nice enough guy, but can't lose in silence. We'll call him Jimmy. Then this hand comes up.

Jimmy raises the button on a half-kill hand ($10/20 becomes $15/30) and gets three callers including the kill.

Flop ($135): KT8r

One bet, Jimmy raises, one cold call, bettor calls.

Turn ($225): 2s putting spade draw on board.

Checks to Jimmy who bets and gets two callers.

River ($315): 8s completing flush.

Checks to Jimmy who bets, gets a caller, and gets check raised. Jimmy 3-bets, middle guy folds, villain 4-bets. Jimmy shoots up from his seat and starts telling everyone that if he loses this hand he's going home, he can't believe he runs like this, etc etc.

Naturally he calls and the guys turns over 8874 no suit. Jimmy turns over KKTT.

Love it. Did he go home?

 

[jbutler]

Love it. Did he go home?

Naturally, he sat back down and continued losing for another two hours

 

[guinness]

A few months ago, My AK vs A8, flop AK3. A8 jams on flop after I bet. I snap, runner runner 8's. Blech. Per poker stove I was 99.19% after the flop to win.