Absolute Worst Bad Beat I Ever Saw

[CaliNaughti]

This is the absolute worst bad beat I have ever seen. At first I had no idea what happened..... Here look! Is there anything we can learn from something like this?

PokerStars Game #25724286796: Tournament #146180049, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (100/200) - 2009/03/07 23:25:58 ET
Table '146180049 2' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: CalifNaughti (7584 in chips)
Seat 2: HokieFan816 (2045 in chips)
Seat 4: BiggDawgg (4690 in chips)
Seat 6: zomboid (1076 in chips)
Seat 8: PokerRef (3235 in chips)
CalifNaughti: posts the ante 25
HokieFan816: posts the ante 25
BiggDawgg: posts the ante 25
zomboid: posts the ante 25
PokerRef: posts the ante 25
CalifNaughti: posts small blind 100
HokieFan816: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CalifNaughti [9s Js]
BiggDawgg: folds
zomboid: raises 851 to 1051 and is all-in
PokerRef: calls 1051
CalifNaughti: folds
HokieFan816: folds
*** FLOP *** [4h 4s 4c]
*** TURN *** [4h 4s 4c] [Kh]
*** RIVER *** [4h 4s 4c Kh] [4d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
zomboid: shows [Ac 7h] (four of a kind, Fours) :doh:
PokerRef: shows [Kd Ks] (four of a kind, Fours - lower kicker)
zomboid collected 2527 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2527 | Rake 0
Board [4h 4s 4c Kh 4d]
Seat 1: CalifNaughti (small blind) folded before Flop :faint:
Seat 2: HokieFan816 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: BiggDawgg folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: zomboid showed [Ac 7h] and won (2527) with four of a kind, Fours :yield:
Seat 8: PokerRef (button) showed [Kd Ks] and lost with four of a kind, Fours :censored: :crutch:

[Sick Fish]

That is one messed up out come, but there is nothing to learn from it. Ref was just on the wrong end of some really crappy luck there. A player goes all-in pre-flop w/ A-7 os and you're (Ref) holding poket K's, that's how you build your chip stack. You want bad plays like this when you're holding a big hand. Nothing Ref could have done to change the out come of this hand.

zomboid was the short stack and had the big blind coming in two more hands for for almost 25% of his stack. He probably felt that it was his best time to make a move since he had an ace. Ref was almost 71% to win pre-flop, just over 83% after the flop and almost 98% on the turn. I'll take almost 98% on the turn all night every night.

[CaliNaughti]

So there was only 1 card in the entire deck left to beat him? Is this what people mean by hitting a 1 outter? Im wondering if this only happens roughly 1 time every 5 years to someone who plays 1 game a day on a average?

Id take the 98% anyday too! You still played fanatastic Ref. I just had never seen anything like it and even thought you had won because of the KK you were holding.
Cali :cheer2:

[PokerRef]

Heck. I could have AA and still would have only tied. Thats how my luck goes, and usually at key situations. Thats the 2nd time for me that it has happened, but I don't play much. I'm sure players that play alot have it happen a few times a year. It put me on tilt for a bit, going all-in on the next hand but got no callers, thankfully.

[Sick Fish]

Good thing you didn't stay on tilt too long. You came back for a great finish. That will help you forget bad beats like that. ;)

On a side, that's a mighty fine looking new banner you have there if I do say so myself. :D