Ok I have my share of bad beats , but this one absolutely made no sense to me.

I was in the $2.20 phase with a deep stack and this hand happens.
I'm ok if he leads twice, but to call the rest of his stack with Ace high then happens to hit his gut shot....

Someone tell me players like this exist or have seen worse plays that make no sense.


PokerStars - 300/600 Ante 75 NL - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 31.6 BB
SB: 42.5 BB
BB: 15.55 BB
UTG: 8.15 BB
UTG+1: 6.17 BB
MP: 24.62 BB
MP+1: 37.91 BB
Hero (MP+2): 39.62 BB
CO: 23.49 BB

9 players post ante of 0.13 BB, SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 2.62 BB) Hero has Q Q

fold, UTG+1 calls 1 BB, fold, fold, Hero raises to 5 BB, fold, fold, SB calls 4.5 BB, fold, fold

Flop: (13.12 BB, 2 players) 6 J T
SB bets 6.3 BB, Hero calls 6.3 BB

Turn: (25.72 BB, 2 players) 5
SB bets 19.04 BB, Hero raises to 28.2 BB and is all-in, SB calls 9.16 BB

River: (82.12 BB, 2 players) K

SB shows A Q (Straight, Ace High)
(Pre 30%, Flop 29%, Turn 16%)
Hero shows Q Q (One Pair, Queens)
(Pre 70%, Flop 71%, Turn 84%)
SB wins 82.12 BB

You played it bad and he played it great. Better player won. Move on.

Is that supposed to be a joke? Should I jam flop after his bet on that board? I'm dominating his lead out range. I'm going all in on the turn regardless just his play makes no sense to call the rest of his stack, but ok

Should have folded the flop OP

He was pot committed, and actually got the right odds to call the 9BB with his 7 outs. I've seen way more crazy/worse plays.

I think his play makes a lot more sense than your play. I think he played it pretty well. Must be a good player, nothing you can do about it.

Standard play is standard.

fold that river you monkey, you dont beat anything

no there isn't. You obviously made the hand up.

So someone hit a gut shot in a $2.20 and thats supposed to be a bad beat? Good lord.

He knew you were weak

He had a better hand than you so he won

Fold river

OP check this out. Against the same player:

PokerStars, $9.80 + $1.20 - Hold'em No Limit - 150/300 (40 ante) - 8 players
Replay this hand on Upswing Poker

UTG: 46,445 (155 bb)
UTG+1: 30,834 (103 bb)
MP: 67,014 (223 bb)
MP+1: 23,685 (79 bb)
CO (Hero): 13,658 (46 bb)
BU: 22,924 (76 bb)
SB: 14,356 (48 bb)
BB: 30,737 (102 bb)

Pre-Flop: (770) Hero is CO with K♠ K♦
1 fold, UTG+1 calls 300, 2 players fold, Hero raises to 13,618 (all-in), 3 players fold, UTG+1 calls 13,318

Flop: (28,006) 3♠ T♥ 8♠ (2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: (28,006) 8♣ (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (28,006) 3♥ (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: 28,006

Showdown:
CO (Hero) shows K♠ K♦ (two pair, Kings and Eights)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 71%, Flop: 82%, Turn: 93%, River: 100%)

UTG+1 shows A♠ 2♣ (two pair, Eights and Threes)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 29%, Flop: 18%, Turn: 7%, River: 0%)

CO (Hero) wins 28,006


PokerStars, $9.80 + $1.20 - Hold'em No Limit - 150/300 (40 ante) - 8 players
Replay this hand on Upswing Poker

UTG: 66,934 (223 bb)
UTG+1: 23,605 (79 bb)
MP (Hero): 27,966 (93 bb)
MP+1: 22,844 (76 bb)
CO: 14,126 (47 bb)
BU: 30,207 (101 bb)
SB: 46,065 (154 bb)
BB: 17,906 (60 bb)

Pre-Flop: (770) Hero is MP with T♠ T♣
UTG raises to 600, 1 fold, Hero calls 600, 2 players fold, BTN calls 600, 1 fold, BB 3-bets to 3,470, 1 fold, Hero 4-bets to 27,926 (all-in), 1 fold, BB calls 14,396 (all-in)

Flop: (37,402) 4♠ Q♣ 4♣ (2 players, 2 all-in)

Turn: (37,402) T♦ (2 players, 2 all-in)

River: (37,402) 2♦ (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: 37,402

Showdown:
MP (Hero) shows T♠ T♣ (a full house, Tens full of Fours)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 85%, Flop: 98%, Turn: 100%, River: 100%)

BB shows 5♣ 8♥ (a pair of Fours)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 15%, Flop: 2%, Turn: 0%, River: 0%)

MP (Hero) wins 37,402