My Worst Bad Beat Playing Poker

The worst bad beat….that’s a toughie! I’ve had some bad ones, but the absolute WORST was about 2 hours into a tournament on William Hill Poker, holding pocket JJ. I have one caller to me left, so his got me on position, a situation I don’t enjoy when holding JJ. Anyway, the dealer produces Ten Ten Jack rainbow (all different suits). Me being first to act, and having the hand crippled checks (a play I wouldn’t do now, as I almost always follow up with a continuation) to this player I had down as relatively weak. He bets out, I don’t flat call here, I pop it over the top trying to get at his ego, he pushes all-in and I gladly call. At this point, I’m expecting him to show a Ten, for trips, yet shows AQ, which at this point starts claiming in the chat box “I thought I could get you off, lol” etc. Any guesses to what the next two cards could possibly be to beat me? The turn was another Ten. Then at the speed of light and the fastest hand action in the history of online poker, the dealer throws down ANOTHER Ten, and starts giving my chips to my opponent! Yet to realise the monstrosity I have witnessed, I wrestle with the Dealer for the pot, at which point he tells me in an extremely monotone voice, “Four Tens, Ace High”. Motherf@{!$r.

First SNG on the Blog! $12 (turbo) 9 Players. Bad Beat!

Selective and Aggressive. We’ve all heard Gus Hansen use this rather open expression on how to play the game on late night T.V adverts, normally after they explain the ranking of hands for the 978th time. Well, that’s how I played it. Early on I got 99 4th off the BB (as seen in the pic) only to get reraised all-in by the SB. A smart fold followed, but what do people suspect my opponent was holding?? I won a hand 12 in, limped with Td9d with a limper in front, flop produced JT3, and my second fire eventually won the pot (500). Eventually won a big pot just when I needed to and the blinds were really getting scary. Held 76 off in the BB, and Mr chip leader in the SB didn’t believe I had made a straight more impressive than the one laying on the table. 2670 and going ok. Big pot 4 handed. Had Kd9d, defended my BB against the small who had an obsessive betting disorder. He raised to 1200, 800 more to me. I make the call. Flop comes down 2 diamonds A high. He goes all in. I eventually folded. The right play? Truthfully, I think so. Definitely could have had the A, from the hands I’d shown, I’d normally been playing with a hand not to be messed around with. So without the right odds, I folded against my will. Came 3rd overall. Went out to a Bad Beat (lol). Getting low, called another All-in from Mr Man, He popped over K6, I slam down my A6, and 4 clubs fall to offer him a flush, which he accepts and rakes all my hard earned chips. It Sucks, but that's why it's called a "Suck Out".