Bad Beats

Down to 5 in a tourney. I am in second chip position and on the button, so I bet $65,000 with A7o. I got called by the chip leader. I feel a bit shaky with my moderately weak ace, but after the flop comes AA7, I know I got the nuts and the smile widens. He check-raised me all in, and I couldnt get my chips in fast enough. I felt proud when the software turned up my boat, especially when I saw his pocket jacks :-) I knew he needed running jacks to administer the worst beat in the history of poker. What do you think happened? Yep....... BAM, BAM........ Turn was the Jd, river Jc... I went from taking a massive chip lead to being out in 5th place. It was, to this day, and will forever be, the worst beat I ever took. That is the one and only time I\'ve ever lost a pot when flopping a full house. Thankfully though, the guy who administered the beat down didnt win the tourney either. What are ya gonna do? Given that hand 1,000 more times, I\'d play it the same way each and every one of them :-)

This just came during the first hour of a rebuy period, hence the loose preflop play.

PokerStars Game #9254503031: Tournament #46771827, $3.00+$0.30 Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2007/04/04 - 20:20:52 (ET)
Table '46771827 335' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: cky12 (7140 in chips)
Seat 2: akwaki (5435 in chips)
Seat 3: JUCFRUIT69 (5280 in chips)
Seat 4: rrem (4435 in chips)
Seat 5: Buddy2U (2410 in chips)
Seat 6: Chiplead13 (12805 in chips)
Seat 7: Chomper4 (2950 in chips)
Seat 8: lumistacken (2890 in chips)
Seat 9: the_besch (1635 in chips)
Chomper4: posts small blind 15
lumistacken: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to cky12 [8h 8s]
the_besch: calls 30
cky12: calls 30
akwaki: calls 30
JUCFRUIT69: folds
rrem: raises 4405 to 4435 and is all-in
Buddy2U: folds
Chiplead13: folds
Chomper4: folds
lumistacken: folds
the_besch: folds
cky12: calls 4405
akwaki: folds
*** FLOP *** [6s Jc 8d]
*** TURN *** [6s Jc 8d] [Td]
*** RIVER *** [6s Jc 8d Td] [Qd]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
cky12: shows [8h 8s] (three of a kind, Eights)
rrem: shows [Ah Ks] (a straight, Ten to Ace)
rrem collected 8975 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 8975 | Rake 0
Board [6s Jc 8d Td Qd]
Seat 1: cky12 showed [8h 8s] and lost with three of a kind, Eights
Seat 2: akwaki folded before Flop
Seat 3: JUCFRUIT69 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: rrem showed [Ah Ks] and won (8975) with a straight, Ten to Ace
Seat 5: Buddy2U folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Chiplead13 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Chomper4 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: lumistacken (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: the_besch folded before Flop

I checked the odds, and I had a 98.32% chance of winning after the flop.

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FullTiltPoker Game #2130059849: $1 + $0.25 Sit & Go (Turbo) (16003822), Table 1 - 400/800 - No Limit Hold'em - 15:16:38 ET - 2007/04/03
Seat 4: RiveR963 (5,110)
Seat 5: rigpig95 (8,390)
RiveR963 posts the small blind of 400
rigpig95 posts the big blind of 800
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RiveR963 [Kd 3d]
RiveR963 raises to 5,110, and is all in
rigpig95 calls 4,910
RiveR963 shows [Kd 3d]
rigpig95 shows [Jd Tc]
*** FLOP *** [Kh 6s Ks]
*** TURN *** [Kh 6s Ks] [Qc]
*** RIVER *** [Kh 6s Ks Qc] [9s]
RiveR963 shows three of a kind, Kings
rigpig95 shows a straight, King high
rigpig95 wins the pot (10,220) with a straight, King high
RiveR963 stands up
rigpig95 stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 10,220 | Rake 0
Board: [Kh 6s Ks Qc 9s]
Seat 4: RiveR963 (small blind) showed [Kd 3d] and lost with three of a kind, Kings
Seat 5: rigpig95 (big blind) showed [Jd Tc] and won (10,220) with a straight, King high

Not as bad but I was 96.77% after the turn.

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'There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die.'

Here's another that just happened to me. I think my opponent had less than 4% chance of winning after the flop. This was a $10 10-minute level tourney. At this point, people were going all-in fairly frequently, and I was quite confident in my hand. I pumped my fist after the flop only to see it get counterfeited.

PokerStars Game #9521275292: Tournament #47726285, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level IX (300/600) - 2007/04/20 - 16:44:15 (ET)
Table '47726285 47' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: mwp74 (8885 in chips)
Seat 2: nutnyrmuth (13210 in chips)
Seat 3: machmanam (14390 in chips)
Seat 5: kali40 (6025 in chips)
Seat 6: Samâdhi (7775 in chips)
Seat 7: mAkCQRE (4910 in chips)
Seat 8: scipiofan (3465 in chips)
Seat 9: cky12 (8120 in chips)
mwp74: posts the ante 50
nutnyrmuth: posts the ante 50
machmanam: posts the ante 50
kali40: posts the ante 50
Samâdhi: posts the ante 50
mAkCQRE: posts the ante 50
scipiofan: posts the ante 50
cky12: posts the ante 50
scipiofan: posts small blind 300
cky12: posts big blind 600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to cky12 [9s 9h]
mwp74: folds
nutnyrmuth: folds
machmanam: folds
kali40: folds
Samâdhi: folds
mAkCQRE: raises 4260 to 4860 and is all-in
scipiofan: folds
cky12: calls 4260
*** FLOP *** [6s Ks 9c]
*** TURN *** [6s Ks 9c] [Th]
*** RIVER *** [6s Ks 9c Th] [8h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
cky12: shows [9s 9h] (three of a kind, Nines)
mAkCQRE: shows [7d 7c] (a straight, Six to Ten)
mAkCQRE collected 10420 from pot
mAkCQRE said, "wtf"
mAkCQRE said, "oh sry"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 10420 | Rake 0
Board [6s Ks 9c Th 8h]
Seat 1: mwp74 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: nutnyrmuth folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: machmanam folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: kali40 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Samâdhi folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: mAkCQRE (button) showed [7d 7c] and won (10420) with a straight, Six to Ten
Seat 8: scipiofan (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: cky12 (big blind) showed [9s 9h] and lost with three of a kind, Nines

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I just need to vent after this one. I know the odds wouldn't say this is a "bad beat" by any measure, I only had roughly 60% chance of winning before the flop, but the context in which the hand came in makes it so much worse.

PokerStars Game #10333079825: Tournament #51838137, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level IX (300/600) - 2007/06/08 - 12:57:52 (ET)
Table '51838137 62' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: buchette (2210 in chips)
Seat 2: AA316 (3755 in chips)
Seat 3: christash (8705 in chips)
Seat 4: malexlecake (13450 in chips)
Seat 5: Pikik (6340 in chips)
Seat 6: Surprise127 (7715 in chips)
Seat 7: zv36G (4345 in chips)
Seat 8: RedStarYeast (4610 in chips)
Seat 9: cky12 (14645 in chips)
buchette: posts the ante 50
AA316: posts the ante 50
christash: posts the ante 50
malexlecake: posts the ante 50
Pikik: posts the ante 50
Surprise127: posts the ante 50
zv36G: posts the ante 50
RedStarYeast: posts the ante 50
cky12: posts the ante 50
malexlecake: posts small blind 300
Pikik: posts big blind 600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to cky12 [Ad As]
Surprise127: folds
zv36G: folds
RedStarYeast: raises 3960 to 4560 and is all-in
cky12: calls 4560
buchette: folds
AA316: folds
christash: folds
malexlecake: raises 8840 to 13400 and is all-in
Pikik: calls 5690 and is all-in
cky12: calls 8840
*** FLOP *** [9h 7s 4d]
*** TURN *** [9h 7s 4d] [Th]
*** RIVER *** [9h 7s 4d Th] [Js]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
malexlecake: shows [7d 7c] (three of a kind, Sevens)
cky12: shows [Ad As] (a pair of Aces)
malexlecake collected 14220 from side pot-2
Pikik: shows [Qd Ac] (high card Ace)
malexlecake collected 5190 from side pot-1
RedStarYeast: shows [8c 8h] (a straight, Seven to Jack)
RedStarYeast collected 18690 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 38100 Main pot 18690. Side pot-1 5190. Side pot-2 14220. | Rake 0
Board [9h 7s 4d Th Js]
Seat 1: buchette folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: AA316 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: christash (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: malexlecake (small blind) showed [7d 7c] and won (19410) with three of a kind, Sevens
Seat 5: Pikik (big blind) showed [Qd Ac] and lost with high card Ace
Seat 6: Surprise127 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: zv36G folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: RedStarYeast showed [8c 8h] and won (18690) with a straight, Seven to Jack
Seat 9: cky12 showed [Ad As] and lost with a pair of Aces

This ended up being a $38,100 chip pot when the blinds were only 300/600 and the average stack was just 6000. It was a turbo MTT, so I knew people would be desperately pushing. I had been sitting pretty the entire tournament. I got good cards, played them well, got others to committ all of their chips when I was ahead, and I won the pots. I never sucked out and no one had sucked out on me to that point.

As far as this hand goes, I was excited to get some action on my aces. A player went all-in before me. I just called, but maybe I should have pushed all-in. I don't think it would have stopped the other two from joining though because the guy with 77, who had a very nice stack as well, had been playing like a moron. He had been throwing his chips all over the place with weak hands. Losing when he was behind, then winning other pots by sucking out, constantly risking more chips than he should.

If anyone reads this, was there anything I could or should have done differently in this hand? Can I fold this when it came back to me with three players already all-in? I know AA isn't a huge favorite when it's up against any three random hands, but it will still always be a favorite no matter what.

Oh, and the very next hand, I got TT and lost to A4o just to make me feel even worse.

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got your money in with the best possible hand at that point. no shame in that.

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