I’m not one to yap about bad beat stories, but since you ask….
It was a multi-table tournament at a casino (not online) about 5 years ago. 200 entrants, top 20 got paid, and it was a $300 buy-in, so first place was a little less than $20,000. There were 21 players left spread over 3 tables, and I had an average sized stack.
I was in the big blind, and there was a raise in front of me. I look down at pocket kings and decide to smooth call it. The flop came King, 7, 7. I flopped a full house. I check and the guy who had raised immediately goes all-in. I call and turn over my full-house. He has Ace-Jack. The turn is an Ace, giving him two pairs. And the river is another ace, giving him Aces full of 7’s, beating my Kings full.
I had him covered, but my stack was demolished. I had no choice to go all-in the next hand in the small blind, lost, and got bubbled out. If my kings had held up I would have been one of the top 3 stacks in the tournament and in the money.
Comment by Bandit on November 16, 2009 at 1:42 pm
I won a 5k pot one time playing 7 card stud. Gal had an Ace high straight and another player had a king high heart flush. I showed 3 spades with the Ace-Deuce in the hole. I rode shotgun the whole trip and went all in on the next to final raise.
Comment by Jeff T on November 16, 2009 at 1:42 pm
The sickest:
I had pocket aces, and flop quads. (first time ever)
Some nutcase goes all in (I guess to bluff). Of course I call.
He’s holding KQ spades, the flop was Ac As 3h. He hits his runner-runner J-10s for a royal flush.
Comment by DanO on November 16, 2009 at 1:42 pm
one time I raised pre with 2 7. dude calls me, and the flop is k q 4. I go all in he calls and shows kq. turn and river come 7, 7 lol
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Comment by Jeff D on November 16, 2009 at 1:42 pm
I’m not one to yap about bad beat stories, but since you ask….
It was a multi-table tournament at a casino (not online) about 5 years ago. 200 entrants, top 20 got paid, and it was a $300 buy-in, so first place was a little less than $20,000. There were 21 players left spread over 3 tables, and I had an average sized stack.
I was in the big blind, and there was a raise in front of me. I look down at pocket kings and decide to smooth call it. The flop came King, 7, 7. I flopped a full house. I check and the guy who had raised immediately goes all-in. I call and turn over my full-house. He has Ace-Jack. The turn is an Ace, giving him two pairs. And the river is another ace, giving him Aces full of 7’s, beating my Kings full.
I had him covered, but my stack was demolished. I had no choice to go all-in the next hand in the small blind, lost, and got bubbled out. If my kings had held up I would have been one of the top 3 stacks in the tournament and in the money.
Comment by Bandit on November 16, 2009 at 1:42 pm
I won a 5k pot one time playing 7 card stud. Gal had an Ace high straight and another player had a king high heart flush. I showed 3 spades with the Ace-Deuce in the hole. I rode shotgun the whole trip and went all in on the next to final raise.
Comment by Jeff T on November 16, 2009 at 1:42 pm
The sickest:
I had pocket aces, and flop quads. (first time ever)
Some nutcase goes all in (I guess to bluff). Of course I call.
He’s holding KQ spades, the flop was Ac As 3h. He hits his runner-runner J-10s for a royal flush.
Comment by DanO on November 16, 2009 at 1:42 pm
one time I raised pre with 2 7. dude calls me, and the flop is k q 4. I go all in he calls and shows kq. turn and river come 7, 7 lol