I'm steaming....

[Premezilla]

You ever get hit by a 2% suckout? Ever get hit by two in a row?

Ever miss a 55% chance to win... 14 turns in a row (a 0.01% suckout)?

Once, not so long ago, during a cross-country meet, I was playing poker with some of my friends. (No-Limit Hold'Em, FYI)

I was dealt a decent hand of a Q8 (or something like that) and put in a dollar to see the flop. Out comes Q88. I'm ecstatic, but want to play it cool, so I call. My friends raises $5, and I snicker to myself, what with my full house hand winking up at me. I bet $20, thinking that my friend would fold and I could pick up an easy $5. But he calls.

I'm more confused than worried. I have a full house, and it's solid. The next card comes out 9. I'm relieved. I raise another $5, and my friend counter-raises me another $15, so the total in the pot is now $40. By now, I know my friend is either trying to buy his way out of the hand or is seriously bluffing. The last card comes out a 9.

I'm overjoyed. I got this. This is MINE. I flip my hand over, congratulating my friend and smiling to myself....

....as my friend turns over Q9.

I kid you not.

I had QQ888, he had QQ999.

$40. Gone. Wasted.

To this day I still think he rigged the deck.