I'm steaming....

[Archon_Wing]

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.
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Noob, fold Q8 preflop. :D But that is incredibly unfortunate- Only three cards help him on the river, the 2 remaining Qs and a 9. :/

But wait, hindsight is 20/20, right. :(



Luck based games can be really frustrating, it just has us yelling BAD BEET!

One that I remember: ;p
A5 vs KQ
Flop AAX <<< -- forgot X, doesn't matter
Only one thing can save him- exactly a J and a 10 must fall to give him a straight.
You know the rest. ;)