07- 4-06, LearnTexasHoldem:

Straight Flush Kills My Hand

My story is not really one of a bad beat, but it is as unlikely as they come.

I was playing a 7 people NL home tourney, best two places pays, and we were down to three. I´m low on chips, real low. Blinds are 200-400 and I´m big with just 500 after I pay. Button folds, small blind calls. I look down at KK. Needless to say, I go all in for the remaining 500. Small blind calls and reveals K8 offsuit. As good as it gets, I think as I show my cowboys.

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Flop comes 5-6-8, all spades. He hit one pair, but needs another 8, and I hit a four flush, since I have the King of spades. Turn comes 7 of spades, and I hit my flush. Then comes the river, the four of spades. Board comes a straight flush. Split pot. I´m still as low, didn´t even get to have the blinds, since I was big. I´ve been playing live poker for two years and never even seen a straight flush in real life before, and it comes on the board.

So, I don´t know whether this qualifies as a bad beat, since I wasn´t beaten, but it sure would have helped to double up. My luck turned after this and I managed to win the tourney, but the next time I see a straight flush, it would be nice if I was alone on it...

Kristoffer, Sweden

Reply: That's a bad beat in my book -- any unlucky cards that take you from a winner to losing (or even chopping).

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