I finally suffered my first truly bad beat last night

Matt Williams · #1 02-03-2007, 02:07 PM

I've been playing poker for a few years but never really suffered a horrendous bad beat until last night. I was in a live tourniment w/ 20 players. It's down to 8 players and I am 2nd in chips (about 35,000), about 4 grand behind the leader. Blinds are 400/800.

I get Ace [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img],8 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] UTG and raise to 2,500. Everyone folds and chip leader calls in BB.
Flop is 3 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 7 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], Q [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
BB bets 4,000. I raise 15,000, BB goes all in I call.
We flip over our cards, he has 4 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], K [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
Turn is 6 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], river is 5 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].

React1oN · #2 02-03-2007, 02:08 PM

say it was rigged and beat up dealer.

whipsaw · #3 02-03-2007, 02:09 PM

how much was the buyin/payout?

Matt Williams · #4 02-03-2007, 02:16 PM

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how much was the buyin/payout?

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It was only $50. That's why I didn't go apesh!t. Top 3 paid, 1st place ended up being about $700.

whipsaw · #5 02-03-2007, 02:18 PM

wow first place got 70% of the pool. steep payout curve.

React1oN · #6 02-03-2007, 02:33 PM

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wow first place got 70% of the pool. Nice home game.

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JohnAndersen · #7 02-03-2007, 02:41 PM

I punch the cards in the face

Matt Williams · #8 02-03-2007, 02:49 PM

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wow first place got 70% of the pool. steep payout curve.

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Yea, it's usually a SNG w/ about 10-12 players, but we ended up having 20 and everyone agreed to keep the payout the same so we would have a big winner.

skeetm0n · #9 02-03-2007, 02:57 PM

pokenum -h ks 4s - as 8s -- 3s 7s qs
Holdem Hi: 990 enumerated boards containing Qs 7s 3s
cards win %win lose %lose tie %tie EV
Ks 4s 1 0.10 989 99.90 0 0.00 0.001
As 8s 989 99.90 1 0.10 0 0.00 0.999

Matt Williams · #10 02-03-2007, 04:18 PM

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pokenum -h ks 4s - as 8s -- 3s 7s qs
Holdem Hi: 990 enumerated boards containing Qs 7s 3s
cards win %win lose %lose tie %tie EV
Ks 4s 1 0.10 989 99.90 0 0.00 0.001
As 8s 989 99.90 1 0.10 0 0.00 0.999

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So you are saying it was a bad beat?