Poker Bad Beats
Ok, I have to tell you about my worst tourney bad beat of this year, 2008. I was one spot away from making the final table where the top prize was over $900. I was in 3rd place over all and promised myself I would not take any chances until making it to the final table. So I am BB and I got 7 8 off suit in the hole, no threat of getting sucked in there right? Well the flop comes 5 6 9 three suits and what the heck am I supposed to do.
The chip leader makes a very big bet and I push him all-in, figuring to double up (and then some) easy. You know the topic of this page so you can imagine what happened next. He has pocket nines matching the one on the flop for a set. The next card is a brick and of course the final card pairs the board on 5’s giving him the full house and kicking me out at the bubble to the final table. DArn!!!