Another $5 sit and go. I decided to make notes as it went along. I lasted just to the end of level 4, so this is roughly 32 minutes of play.

The flop was all suited on 6 times. 3 of those times, a 4th suited card came on the turn or river.

Twice the flop was fully connected, ie 4-5-6. Both times a 4th connector came on the turn or river.

JJ v 33. Flop showed a 3 (nothing too bad here, just thought I'd add it)

Horrible beat: A-4 v AA. The flop was A-4-4

And finally, my exit was in traditional PKR style. I was short stacked, only 1000 chips. Blinds were about to rise to 100/200. I get K-9 in SB. Button folds, I push all in. BB calls. He shows 9-3. I had no hearts, he had the 3 of hearts. Flop was all hearts, turn was a heart and I'm gone


I have to laugh or I'll go crazy. lol

$5 sit and go on PokerStars

I lasted a fair bit longer here, but I'll use the same timeframe of 30 minutes (just 3 levels at Pokerstars. They use 10 minute levels to PKR's 8 minute levels):

The flop was all suited on 2 occassions

The flop was never fully connected. However, this did happen half way through the next level (after the allotted time) when 9-10-J appeared.

Horrible beat: Hard to find one. Worst I think was A-Q v Q-8 and an 8 hit the river.

My exit was ordinary. Got myself short stacked again. I was dealt 5-5 on the button and pushed. Got called by J-J and the Jacks held up.

Totally different experience. I know this is only a single game comparison, but it does highlight some differences.

I didn't win anything at either site, but I enjoyed PokerStars so much better. It's definitely harder to make a hand there. I am approaching 400 games and I still haven't had a flush! I came close once. Had Q-10 of diamonds and 2 diamonds flopped, but no one called when I bet out. lol

How is this a horrible beat? surely that made the Aces full of fours which is better than fours full of aces. Aces held, just in a savage way

It's a horrible beat for the guy with A-4. It's not very often that 2 players flop a full-house. I don't know what the odds are for that, but I know the individual odds:

The odds of flopping a full-house with pocket pairs is 136-1
The odds of flopping a full-house with unpaired hole cards is 1,087-1

And you said yourself, "... in a savage way". A horrible beat, savage beat, brutal beat. Call it what you will
It's not really a bad beat because the best hand pre-flop stayed in front on the flop and held up. I just think the guy with A-4 probably needs a new monitor and/or keyboard if he punched out after that. lol

Ah i see what you ment now, i only class a bad beat as when someone catches improbable cards to make a better hand (3 outers or less generally). In my classification of a bad beat what you posted wasn't a bad beat, it was the best hand holding up. The guy with the A4 should never have been in the pot in my opinion and got what he deserved :P

Totally agree. I just checked the hand history and AA did raise to 4x BB and A-4 called. So maybe this can be a case for bad play NOT being rewarded