Bad Beats Thread

This is a thread where you should post your bad beats. It is the general consensus of the familiars of FTR that we need to clean up the bad beat clutter in this forum. Bad beats are a fact of life and no one enjoys reading them but at the same time posting them is therapeutic.

So I have created this sticky to be the graveyard for bad beat stories. This is where bad beats should now come to die. The only bad beats that may be posted outside of this thread are amazingly hilarious bad beats but your general 2 outers or runner runner flushes go here.

You must learn that bad beats are the reasons why you are making money. If you dream of a world where no one lays any bad beats, it would be a fuggin grind that I sure as hell don't want to play in. Once you've accepted them, you simply brush them off and keep on chuggin.

STBY.

-'rilla

{Spring cleaning by a500lbgorilla}

"I'm seriously you guys." - Cartman.

-'rilla

Let me be the first...

Texas Hold'em $0.25-$0.50 NL (real money), hand #539,131,110
Table Pittsfield, 1 Jan 2005 01:08 AM

Seat 3: maybelucky ($17.65 in chips)
Seat 5: bigdreams1 ($46.25 in chips)
Seat 8: JohnnyTee ($39.60 in chips)
Seat 9: Montimus [QH,QD] ($12.90 in chips)

ANTES/BLINDS
JohnnyTee posts blind ($0.10), Montimus posts blind ($0.25).

PRE-FLOP
maybelucky calls $0.25, bigdreams1 calls $0.25, JohnnyTee folds, Montimus bets $3, maybelucky calls $3, bigdreams1 folds.

FLOP [board cards JC,4C,9H ]
Montimus bets $5, maybelucky bets $10, Montimus calls $4.65 and is all-in.

TURN [board cards JC,4C,9H,9C ]

RIVER [board cards JC,4C,9H,9C,7C ]

SHOWDOWN
maybelucky shows [ 6C,4H ]
Montimus mucks cards [ QH,QD ]
maybelucky wins $0.35, maybelucky wins $24.85.

SUMMARY
Dealer: bigdreams1
Pot: $26.50, (including rake: $1.30)
maybelucky, bets $13.25, collects $25.20, net $11.95
bigdreams1, loses $0.25
JohnnyTee, loses $0.10
Montimus, loses $12.90

Here's one from the casino: (1/2 NL Hold Em)

Im first to act and I get Ah/Kd. I raise to $5 and get 2 callers.

Three players to the flop. Me, player A, and player B

Flop shows Ac/2d/Js. I lead off with a $5 bet. Player A calls, player B raises to $10. I call, player A calls.

Turn shows 9h. I bet $15. Player A folds, player B calls.

River shows 8c. I bet $15 again, player B calls.

I show my top pair, player B shows 2/8...takes me on two pair. The mere fact that he would raise a $5 bet and also call $15 on the turn with a pair of twos still baffles me to this day. He was on no flush draw.

First off, thanks for the great idea. Wonder what will happen to this forum without the constant bad beats flowing in. Anyway, best bad beat I have ever given:

4 way all in on the flop (playchip)

Flop: Q 10 7

Me: 35o
Player1: KK
Player2: Q5
Player3: J10

Turn: 3
River: 3

Was fairly funny, got yelled at for quite a while =P

Worst Ive ever taken was going out with AA vs KK in a $100 tournament on UB. For the stakes, not the odds.

quad aces vs straight flush, hit his gut shot on the river *sigh*

-anto

Got JJ.
Flopped J A X
Bet hard.
Put my opponent on an A.
planned to checkraise the turn which was a random card, but he checked to.
River: 10. Bet 30 BBs.
Got raised all-in. Called.
He showed me KQ. Lost two buyins, the profit of the whole day (which was a good one).

Learned: Always bet hard on the turn.
Always watch out for possible straights and flushes.
DON`T GET SO AROUSED OF YOUR BIG HAND THAT YOU DON`T CONSIDER FOLDING.

Just beat out of a tourney on a rollercoaster hand. I went all-in (pushing aggressively, Rippy-style) with pocket 5s. One caller who had A10 suited. He hits a pair of aces first, then I make trip fives, but he runner-runners a flush to finish me off. Oh well. I like the move and almost liked the result... they just needed to stop dealing cards after the turn. Very Happy

Heh...my number 2 post in this thread...

Playing at a pretty loose .50/1.00 NL table, sitting with around 40 bucks. Get dealt KK in the hole UTG. I meant to bet 3 bucks, but I clicked raised before I hit the 3. Very LAgg guy raises to 5, and I in turn raise 15 more. He calls. Flop comes 2/9/10 rainbow. I push in the rest of my stack...about 20 more, and he calls(which nearly puts him all in)...river comes 7 and 8, he shows AJ.

I'm going to have to kill someone soon. I have taken the longest string of bad beats (or improbable beats) over the last couple days. I'm down like two hundred dollars through this. Here are some examples:

- this morning, have K5 on the big blind, flop two fives (and a three). Get called down and then raised on the river by someone who has... pocket threes.

- also this morning, have QK and bet on my pair of queens on the flop. Called down by a guy who held A6 and had only a pair of sixes, until he hit trips on the river and took all my money.

- yesterday in a SnG, knocked out early when I go all in with QQ, called by a guy with Q7 - and his 7 makes a straight.

This is just unbearable and unbelievable. I've lost every conceivable way during this span: guys sucking out with terrible hands; calling to the river with lots of outs (straight draw + flush draw + a middle pair, that sort of thing) and missing all of them; people calling pre-flop raises they shouldn't and then flopping lucky two pairs or whatever. Mixed in with this has been several periods where I just couldn't get a hand... a two hour stretch yesterday where, playing two tables, I didn't take a single pot (no lie, it was that bad). I'm close to burnout.

Thanks for listening to me vent.

WTF is wrong with people????

***** Hand History for Game 1397884121 *****
$25 NL Hold'em - Thursday, January 06, 11:27:38 EDT 2005
Table Table 11332 (Real Money)
Seat 9 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 9: anna82 ( $60.15 )
Seat 7: stressball10 ( $40.14 )
Seat 4: bBuYLoEWeN ( $45.8 )
Seat 10: barnettbank ( $26.6 )
Seat 6: jdubinkc ( $26.7 )
Seat 3: Dalsland79 ( $32.45 )
Seat 8: Vesperxx ( $6.25 )
Seat 1: MiamiTony ( $9.7 )
Seat 5: BusaNJ ( $30.6 )
Seat 2: Ashurst ( $21.5 )
barnettbank posts small blind [$0.25].
MiamiTony posts big blind [$0.5].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to stressball10 [ Ac 9h ]
Ashurst calls [$0.5].
Dalsland79 folds.
bBuYLoEWeN folds.
BusaNJ folds.
jdubinkc folds.
stressball10 calls [$0.5].
Vesperxx folds.
anna82 folds.
barnettbank calls [$0.25].
MiamiTony checks.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 6s, 9d, 4c ]
barnettbank checks.
MiamiTony checks.
Ashurst checks.
stressball10 bets [$1.9].
barnettbank folds.
MiamiTony calls [$1.9].
Ashurst folds.
** Dealing Turn ** [ 6c ]
MiamiTony checks.
stressball10 bets [$5].
MiamiTony is all-In [$7.3]
stressball10 calls [$2.3].
** Dealing River ** [ As ]
stressball10 shows [ Ac, 9h ] two pairs, aces and nines.
MiamiTony shows [ Jh, 6d ] three of a kind, sixes.
MiamiTony wins $19.4 from the main pot with three of a kind, sixes.

Second time in one morning that I had some jackass call a pot-sized bet on the flop with a weak middle pair, and then make trips on me. I literally wanted to rip his stupid head off. At least this dumbass hit his before the river (so he didn't have to call TWO pot-sized bets).

dale if youre gonna play a hand raise it pre flop, the guy with the J6 would have probably folded and you would have won the hand, thats the risk with limping, so to avoid this in the future just raise it up

-anto

edit:

so mad i can't even demonstrate which emoticon cards to use

***** Hand History for Game 1407739721 *****
$1/$2 Hold'em - Saturday, January 08, 14:27:10 EDT 2005
Table Hot porridge (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 2: zman1 ( $68.75 )
Seat 4: Pureblade ( $88.75 )
Seat 5: Vecchioni ( $34.5 )
Seat 10: jmapih ( $40.5 )
Seat 1: illini28 ( $59.75 )
Seat 6: TC51560 ( $93.5 )
Seat 9: Cadieux ( $46.75 )
Seat 8: anisotropy ( $36 )
Seat 3: ZZwaste ( $61.5 )
Seat 7: nvsweet ( $16 )
ZZwaste posts small blind [$0.5].
Pureblade posts big blind [$1].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Vecchioni [ Ad As ]
Vecchioni raises [$2].
TC51560 folds.
nvsweet folds.
>You have options at Home Run Table!.
anisotropy folds.
Cadieux folds.
jmapih raises [$3].
illini28 folds.
zman1 folds.
ZZwaste raises [$3.5].
Pureblade folds.
Vecchioni calls [$2].
jmapih calls [$1].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 3d, Td, Ks ]
ZZwaste bets [$1].
Vecchioni raises [$2].
jmapih calls [$2].
ZZwaste calls [$1].
** Dealing Turn ** [ 2h ]
ZZwaste bets [$2].
>You have options at Home Run Table!.
Vecchioni raises [$4].
jmapih raises [$6].
ZZwaste calls [$4].
Vecchioni calls [$2].
** Dealing River ** [ 5s ]
ZZwaste checks.
Vecchioni checks.
jmapih bets [$2].
ZZwaste calls [$2].
Vecchioni raises [$4].
jmapih raises [$4].
ZZwaste calls [$4].
Vecchioni calls [$2].
jmapih shows [ Kd, Kc ] three of a kind, kings.
ZZwaste doesn't show [ Qh, Qs ] a pair of queens.
Vecchioni doesn't show [ Ad, As ] a pair of aces.
jmapih wins $54 from the main pot with three of a kind, kings.

***** Hand History for Game 1408877254 *****
$1/$2 Hold'em - Saturday, January 08, 18:34:54 EDT 2005
Table Loyalists (Real Money)
Seat 10 is the button
Total number of players : 9
Seat 2: whatname ( $56.5 )
Seat 3: RiceDish ( $40.13 )
Seat 4: Volk33 ( $137.88 )
Seat 5: res077y2 ( $31.5 )
Seat 8: jmn101665 ( $37.5 )
Seat 10: Jaden1313 ( $39.5 )
Seat 1: TimVecchioni ( $79.75 )
Seat 7: poker_markus ( $50 )
Seat 9: rpawpaw ( $50 )
TimVecchioni posts small blind [$0.5].
whatname posts big blind [$1].
rpawpaw posts big blind [$1].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to TimVecchioni [ Ts Qs ]
RiceDish folds.
Volk33 calls [$1].
res077y2 folds.
poker_markus calls [$1].
jmn101665 folds.
zbaisley has joined the table.
rpawpaw checks.
Jaden1313 folds.
TimVecchioni calls [$0.5].
whatname checks.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 2s, 2h, Kc ]
TimVecchioni checks.
whatname checks.
Volk33 checks.
poker_markus checks.
rpawpaw checks.
** Dealing Turn ** [ Ac ]
TimVecchioni checks.
whatname checks.
Volk33 checks.
poker_markus checks.
rpawpaw checks.
** Dealing River ** [ Js ]
TimVecchioni bets [$2].
whatname folds.
Volk33 folds.
poker_markus folds.
rpawpaw raises [$4].
TimVecchioni raises [$4].
rpawpaw raises [$4].
TimVecchioni calls [$2].
rpawpaw shows [ 2d, 2c ] four of a kind, twos.
TimVecchioni doesn't show [ Ts, Qs ] a straight, ten to ace.
rpawpaw wins $20 from the main pot with four of a kind, twos.
ouch

Two diff. tables, just a few hands apart:

Table 1. Dealt aces, raised pot-sized (about 3XBB). Called by one player. Flop is rainbow rags with a 4 on it. He bets, I raise, he puts me all in and I call. He held: pocket 4s.

Table 2. Dealt 89o and playing for free from the blind. Flop is 893 rainbow. Another player bets, I raise, he re-raises me all in. I call. He held: pocket 3s.

Down: $45 today.

That is just ridiculous.

was playin in a ring game .25/.50, i had K 9 o/s in SB, one limper before me, i limp, BB checks

flop comes J K A... I bet the pot, hoping to either be folded out or re-raised... both calls... ok...

Turn comes A... figure ill rep the A and scare them, i bet pot again and 1 call 1 fold... ok....

River comes J... i bet $8, he raises $8, I call, he shows J 2..........

Man I wanna kill people who make my day a living hell like that!!

-Chris

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

***** Hand History for Game 1463816689 *****
$25 PL Hold'em - Thursday, January 20, 11:01:28 EDT 2005
Table Betters Paradise (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 5: Rusty_Salyer ( $56.65 )
Seat 7: lebridgeur ( $24.45 )
Seat 4: stressball10 ( $31.05 )
Seat 6: br9467 ( $26.6 )
Seat 3: Robert1227 ( $40.15 )
Seat 10: GoodSR ( $75.8 )
Seat 2: corona_12 ( $21.25 )
Seat 8: decoyjg ( $23.25 )
Seat 1: Mike25home ( $19.8 )
Seat 9: phucker ( $3.85 )
corona_12 posts small blind [$0.25].
Robert1227 posts big blind [$0.5].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to stressball10 [ Ac Ah ]
stressball10 raises [$1.75].
Rusty_Salyer folds.
phucker: nh
br9467 folds.
lebridgeur folds.
decoyjg folds.
phucker folds.
GoodSR calls [$1.75].
Mike25home folds.
corona_12 folds.
Robert1227 calls [$1.25].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 2s, 5d, Qs ]
Robert1227 checks.
stressball10 bets [$5.25].
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GoodSR calls [$5.25].
Robert1227 folds.
** Dealing Turn ** [ 9h ]
Rusty_Salyer: speed tourney, be back in a few
stressball10 bets [$15.2].
GoodSR calls [$15.2].
** Dealing River ** [ Kh ]
stressball10 is all-In [$8.85]
GoodSR calls [$8.85].
stressball10 shows [ Ac, Ah ] a pair of aces.
GoodSR shows [ Qc, 2h ] two pairs, queens and twos.
GoodSR wins $61.1 from the main pot with two pairs, queens and twos.

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