Brag #2 - Knocking out 5 people in one hand

It's always cool to knock people out of tournaments.  How cool is it when you can knock 5 out of 9 players out with the same hand?  Knocking 5 people out at once after the flop. No clue what the BB was doing in this hand.

Bad Beat #7 - Boat bested by Straight Flush

Full Tilt Poker $0.50/$1 No Limit Hold'em - 9 players
The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter

BB: $100.00
UTG: $105.60
UTG+1: $51.50
UTG+2: $46.60
MP1: $68.00
Hero (MP2): $100.00
CO: $80.40
BTN: $101.50
SB: $101.60

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is MP2 with 6h 6c
2 folds, UTG+2 raises to $2, 1 fold, Hero calls $2, CO calls $2, 1 fold, SB calls $1.50, BB calls $1

Flop: ($10.00) Jd 6s Qd (5 players)
SB checks, BB checks, UTG+2 checks, Hero bets $6.50, CO calls $6.50, SB raises to $21, BB folds, UTG+2 folds, Hero requests TIME, Hero calls $14.50, CO folds

Turn: ($58.50) 8d (2 players)
SB bets $30, Hero calls $30

River: ($118.50) 8c (2 players)
SB bets $48.60 all in, Hero calls $47 all in

Final Pot: $212.50
Hero mucks 6h 6c - I need to start folding those rivered boats.  Clearly, I was beat on the river!
SB shows 9d Td (a straight flush, Queen high) - Face palm
SB wins $209.50
(Rake: $3.00)

Bad Beat #6 - Set beat by running quads

A table I bore witness to:
 
Full Tilt Poker $0.50/$1 No Limit Hold'em - 9 players
The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter

MP1: $47.25
MP2: $100.00
CO: $103.40
BTN: $101.55
SB: $41.35
BB: $84.70
UTG: $95.00
Hero (UTG+1): $212.85
UTG+2: $142.10

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is UTG+1 with 4c 2s
UTG calls $1, 2 folds, MP1 raises to $5, MP2 calls $5, 5 folds

Flop: ($12.50) 5c 6h Jd (2 players)
MP1 bets $42.25 all in, MP2 calls $42.25

Turn: ($97.00) Ac (2 players - 1 is all in)

River: ($97.00) Ad (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $97.00
MP1 shows As Ah (four of a kind, Aces) - Bad enough to hit your two outter on the turn, but seriously?  A one outter on the river?
MP2 shows Js Jh (a full house, Jacks full of Aces)
MP1 wins $94.00
(Rake: $3.00)

Brag #1 - Poker pro pushing into AA

When is a BBB both a Bad Beat and Brag?  When it starts as a brag but ends up being a bad beat.  Full Tilt Red pro Lee Watkinson open ships AJo into AA. Sadly, he wins the hand and goes on to make the final table.

Full Tilt Poker $14 + $1 Rush Super Turbo No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t100/t200 Blinds - 9 players - http://www.thehandconverter.com/hands/838761
The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter

BTN: t6806         34.03 BBs
SB: t4514         22.57 BBs
BB: t7450         37.25 BBs
UTG: t3630         18.15 BBs
UTG+1: t4300         21.50 BBs
UTG+2: t2000         10 BBs
Lee Watkinson: t4500         22.50 BBs
MP2: t1660         8.30 BBs
Hero (CO): t3882         19.41 BBs

Pre Flop: (t300) Hero is CO with Ah Ad
3 folds, Lee Watkinson raises to t4500 all in, 1 fold, Hero calls t3882 all in, 3 folds

Flop: (t8064) Js Qs 3d

Turn: (t8064) 3c

River: (t8064) Jc

Final Pot: t8064
Lee Watkinson shows As Jh (a full house, Jacks full of Threes)
Hero shows Ah Ad (two pair, Aces and Jacks)
Lee Watkinson wins t8064

Bad beat #5 - Hammer time

More of an LOL than anything else...  beaten by THE HAMMER!

Full Tilt Poker $6 + $0.50 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t120/t240 Blinds - 3 players
The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter

BB: t4010         16.71 BBs
Hero (BTN): t2670         11.12 BBs
SB: t2320         9.67 BBs

Pre Flop: (t360) Hero is BTN with 3h 3d
Hero raises to t2670 all in, 1 fold, BB calls t2430

Flop: (t5460) 7c 9s 5s

Turn: (t5460) Jc

River: (t5460) Th

Final Pot: t5460
BB shows 2h 7h (a pair of Sevens)
Hero shows 3h 3d (a pair of Threes)
BB wins t5460

Bad beat #4 - Set over set turns quads

This was a hand I watched unfold...  Poor guy didn't even know what hit him, though he's fortunate that they're both very short stacked.  Gotta love donkeys short stackers - it's like watching two midgets fight it out!

Full Tilt Poker $0.50/$1 No Limit Hold'em - 9 players
The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter

BTN: $102.10
Hero (SB): $116.10
BB: $119.50
UTG: $28.35
UTG+1: $80.60
UTG+2: $100.00
MP1: $102.35
MP2: $35.00
CO: $158.15

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is SB with Kh 3d
UTG raises to $2, 3 folds, MP2 raises to $6, 4 folds, UTG calls $4

Flop: ($13.50) Ac 8c Jd (2 players)
UTG bets $3, MP2 raises to $12, UTG calls $9

Turn: ($37.50) 7s (2 players)
UTG bets $6, MP2 raises to $17 all in, UTG calls $4.35 all in

River: ($58.20) Js (2 players - 2 are all in) - BING!

Final Pot: $58.20
UTG shows Ah As (a full house, Aces full of Jacks) - OUCH!
MP2 shows Jc Jh (four of a kind, Jacks)
MP2 wins $55.30
(Rake: $2.90)

Bad Beat #3 - War stories from Hollywood Casino at Charles Town, WV

Caveat:  Not a "bad beat" in the textbook sense of the word, but definitely a 200+BB bad beat.  This story comes to us from a sickly beatdown that happened 2010-08-07.

Here is how it went down:

I was sitting on about $785 and my "opponent" had about $450. The hand began with some donkey posting a $10 straddle. It folded around to seat seven (?), maybe eight and he called. It was folded around to me sitting at the cutoff and I look down at cowboys. I bump it to $40, donkey boy (straddler) folded and my "opponent" called. Now comes the flop,  K J J with 2 spades. He checks and I make a "please call me bet" of $30 and he makes it $90. I think for a minute (getting some TV time), really I'm debating whether to re-raise or to smooth call. I make the call. The turn card is the 4 of spades and he leads out with $100, at this point I figure he hit his spade draw and I got him so I pop it to $200 and he shoves all in so I insta-call and flip over my Kings, he looks at them and says "Sorry Man!" and shows his Jacks. Obviously the river wasn't the case King.  I just about had an aneurism I was so mad.

This is my first war story from CTRS of which I am sure will be many. Luck of the Irish my ASS!!!

-Shawn

Bad beat #2 - Set over set over 2 pair

When is a set over set over 2 pair a split pot?  When it goes runner runner, of course!  I was dealt into this hand, but was not actually involved in the outcome; I folded pre-flop.

Poker Stars $0.10/$0.25 Pot Limit Hold'em - 9 players
The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter

CO: $32.30
Hero (BTN): $28.25
SB: $38.50
BB: $25.00
UTG: $11.30
UTG+1: $25.00
UTG+2: $21.90
MP1: $25.00
MP2: $25.15

Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero is BTN with Td 5c
4 folds, MP2 calls $0.25, 2 folds, SB raises to $1, BB calls $0.75, MP2 calls $0.75

Flop: ($3.00) Jh Qs 9d (3 players)
SB bets $1.50, BB raises to $4.50, MP2 calls $4.50, SB raises to $8.50, BB raises to $24 all in, MP2 calls $19.50, SB raises to $37.50 all in, MP2 calls $0.15 all in

Turn: ($75.30) Kh (3 players - 3 are all in)

River: ($75.30) Ts (3 players - 3 are all in)

Final Pot: $75.30
SB shows Jc Js (a straight, Nine to King)
BB shows 9h 9c (a straight, Nine to King)
MP2 shows Qh Jd (a straight, Nine to King)
SB wins $0.15
MP2 wins $0.15
SB wins $24.00
BB wins $24.00
MP2 wins $24.00
(Rake: $3.00)

Bad beat #1 - Quads over quads

Taken from a  post on Just the Facts..., omgitsjoshua catches a real beatdown...

Full Tilt Poker $0.25/$0.50 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players
The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter

Hero (BTN): $53.90
SB: $129.65
BB: $54.95
UTG: $25.10
MP: $90.30
CO: $50.00

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is BTN with Jc Js
UTG raises to $1.50, MP calls $1.50, 1 fold, Hero calls $1.50, SB calls $1.25, 1 fold

Flop: ($6.50) Qd Jh Jd (4 players)
SB checks, UTG checks, MP checks, Hero checks
Crafty Josh plans to let the villain "get there" so that he can get his stack in the middle... DO I REALLY NEED COMMENTARY ON THIS?

Turn: ($6.50) Qs (4 players)
SB checks, UTG checks, MP checks, Hero bets $3, SB folds, UTG folds, MP calls $3

River: ($12.50) 8s (2 players)
MP bets $5, Hero raises to $49.40 all in, MP calls $44.40

Final Pot: $111.30
Hero shows Jc Js (four of a kind, Jacks)
MP shows Qc Qh (four of a kind, Queens)
MP wins $108.30
(Rake: $3.00)
For those of you who can't read, that would be 4 of a kind over 4 of a kind. This is a bad beat by definition. Maximum suckage - I propose a moment of silence in reverence to Josh... please everyone bow their heads when they read this, and give the man your best wishes of luck in the future.*

*Selfish me says thank God it wasn't me on the end of the beat-down stick.

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I realize that this is similar to TwoPlusTwo's Poker Beats Brags & Variance, but this is a blog version, with a heavy hand of censorship.  Readers can submit their own BBB's (Bad Beats & Brags) where omgitsjoshua & I will edit and discriminate what makes it as a post.

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