This never (almost) happens to me...

If you read through some of the posts on this blog you'll see some insane bad beats (virtually all of them against me), but tonight it was my turn to hand one out - kind of.

I'm in a 10-seat SNG and we're down to 6 players. I'm the short stack and have been waiting for a chance to make a move with a half decent hand.

I limp in UTG with a suited Ace (As-6s) and only the blinds stay in. The flop comes down 5h-Ac-9h, and the SB immediately puts $550 in the middle (enough to put me all-in). The BB, with quite a sizeable stack, gets out of the way, and I've got to decide if he's got a (slightly) bigger A, has hit 2-pair, or is on a flush draw. I tank for almost all my allowed time and decide that I've got the odds if he's on a draw (would make me a 4/6 fav), so I put myself at risk.

Sure enough, he turns over the Th-Jh and I've got to avoid a heart down the next two streets. No such luck, out pops the 6h on the turn. I'm not completely dead yet, as this has made my 2-pair, and miracle of all miracles, the 6c hits the river to complete my house.


This is the kind of insane runner, runner bad beat that I am usually on the receiving end of. Granted, I was ahead after the flop, so did get my money in good, but my opponent must have been absolutely seething at the cruel way he lost the pot.

He had me well covered, and got his revenge a couple of hands later when he got his last $400 in the middle and I called with pocket 4's. He turned over A-J and immediately hit his A on the flop.

I'd like to say that my luck has changed somewhat for the better, but I ended up going out of the tourney on the bubble when I pushed with a suited A-4 and ran into the BB with A-K (my nemesis hand, I either bust out with it, or bust out to it - countless times).

The sick thing is I had so many chances to put it all in with Q-T suited (would have hit two Q's on the flop) or J-9 off (would have flopped a straight), and I end up folding these hands until I get blinded down to a position where my all-in is easily callable by any two cards.

Crazily, at the bubble, there was a shorter stacked player who got all his chips in three times in a row, got called on each occasion, and doubled up all three times to take a massive chip lead. (he had, like, pocket K's, A-K & A-J suited).

I'm still waiting for the day when the deck hits me that hard.