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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