After hearing my
millionth bad beat story at the poker table the other day, I finally had enough.
I
shared with them the worst bad beat story I have ever seen, and it makes all of the other
stories extremely lame.
I was
playing in a $20-$40 back room game in Georgia a couple of years ago. It was one of those
games where you have to know somebody to get into, and it was a pretty rough group of
guys.
There
were nine guys at the table, and I am pretty certain two of them were packing and so I was
on my best behavior since I didn't want to get shot for some smart aleck comment.
About
midway through the game I saw a hand that I still can't believe happened. Before the flop
three guys stayed in after one raised and the other re-raised. The flop was 10h, 10c, Qh.
Player one opened for $20 and was immediately raised by player two. Player three called,
and player one re-raised. Players two and three both called.
The
turn was Jh. Player one opened for $40, player two raised and player three re-raised.
Player one went over the top with another raise and was quickly raised by player two, and
player three called, as did player one.
The
rest of the players were oohing and aahing, watching a bunch of money go into the pot. It
was the monster of all pots, and all three players looked confident. We were all going
crazy trying to figure out what everyone had. Raises weren't unusual in this game, but
re-raise after re-raise was. There was no cap on this game, so they could raise each other
all night.
When
the flop came it was a 4c. Player one bet, player two raised and player three re-raised.
With the blinds there was $930 in the pot.
We knew
someone had four of a kind and someone else had a flush and we figured the other guy had a
flush. Man, we were off.
Player
one turned over 10d, 10s for a four of kind. Ok, we were right on that. The next guy
turned over 8 and 9 of hearts for a straight flush. We thought the third guy was an idiot
for staying in with what we thought was a king-high flush.
He had
a king alright, but he also had the ace to go with it for a royal flush. He had the mother
of all nut hands and was about to be seriously rewarded for it.
The
other two couldn't believe it. The holder of the straight flush was sick. He had the
second-best hand you could have and finished second.
But the
guy who finished third was almost inconsolable. He had the best hand on the flop, bet it
accordingly and couldn't chase out the other two. So here he is thinking four of kind was
a certain winner, and he finished dead last.
People
don't believe me when I tell the story, but it is true. It also helps shut someone up who
got beat on two pair with three of a kind and cant stop complaining about it.
So next
time you hear a lame bad beat story, feel free to use this one. You can only hope it shuts
them up.
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