Your worst beat ever...

What's your worst beat or unluckiest stretch ever? A lot of people think it's boring to hear people tell these stories but not me.

One of my worst beats was last year betting an NBA game. I decided to get cute and bet a big figure on the Thunder beating the Jazz straight up, getting 3 to 1 because they were 7 point dogs. Some of you may remember the Thunder were down 1 and on the last play of the game Durant got blatantly fouled on a 3 pointer, but it went uncalled and the Jazz won. The thing that made it so bad is the next day ESPN showed the NBA's official apology for missing the call, something I don't remember ever seeing happen before, and this message ticked by on the screen all day. I was like "oh goood for youuuuu" a la Christian Bale.

I don't know if this qualifies, but...

I've been to Vegas four times. The first three times I would put $10 on the Jets to win the league championship and get to the Superbowl. Those bets netted me zero.

This past year, I forgot to do that.

Although I'm gonna root for the Jets Sunday, I'm gonna hate myself if they win!

Quote: DJTeddyBear

I don't know if this qualifies, but...

I've been to Vegas four times. The first three times I would put $10 on the Jets to win the league championship and get to the Superbowl. Those bets netted me zero.

This past year, I forgot to do that.

Although I'm gonna root for the Jets Sunday, I'm gonna hate myself if they win!

That qualifies. Ouch! Figures, huh

About 5 years ago, I visited a local casino and sat down to play Spanish 21 in the vip room. Now this was a flea bag casino, so the minimum in the vip room was only $25. I sat down, played basic strategy (house edge = 0.38%) and lost 13 hands in a row for a total loss of $400. I did not win or push a single hand!

Recently at Mohegan Sun's poker room. Pocket 5's, flop 885, turned a 5, lost $800 when he flipped over pocket 8's. He also won the high hand jackpot of $1200.

let me amend.

Forgot about this one....

WPT Super Satellite at Foxwoods a few years back. $1,000 buy-in. 1st Hand. Ac9c in BB. Someone in early position pops to $150, 3 callers, I call from BB (already had $50 in). Flop AxAh9h. Flopped the full house. Original bettor leads out $1,000, Raised to $3,000, others drop out, I smooth call, initial raiser pops it ALL-IN (1st HAND....), second raiser calls the ALL-IN. I'm sitting there figuring AK or 99, I call. Turns out one had KQh on the flush draw, the other had AT. One of the initial callers says he laid down TT. The Turn a blank, naturally the River is the Th. Ug. I lasted until 8:01. 1st Hand. Still not over it.

Quote: lucky13

Recently at Mohegan Sun's poker room. Pocket 5's, flop 885, turned a 5, lost $800 when he flipped over pocket 8's. He also won the high hand jackpot of $1200.

Ouch!

My worst beat in live poker was at the Mirage. In early pos I called w KK, mid pos raised I reraised he called. Flop comes K88. I bet, he calls. Turn is a 10. I bet he raises I reraise until max raises (limit holdem). River is a ten. Max amt of raises again he flips over 1010 for quads.

Mathematically its the worst beat you can have post flop isn't it?

In 2005 I had a bet with fellow admin MichaelBluejay that he couldn't run the LV marathon in under four hours. The clocks along the route were all screwed up, and Bluejay's watch malfunctioned, so when it was over we had no idea what his official time was. Then the web site started to publish results, but I think they kept changing them as Bluejay's time kept going above and below four hours. In the end his official time was 3 hours, 59 minutes, and 55 seconds.

Quote: Wizard

In 2005 I had a bet with fellow admin MichaelBluejay that he couldn't run the LV marathon in under four hours. The clocks along the route were all screwed up, and Bluejay's watch malfunctioned, so when it was over we had no idea what his official time was. Then the web site started to publish results, but I think they kept changing them as Bluejay's time kept going above and below four hours. In the end his official time was 3 hours, 59 minutes, and 55 seconds.

Those make the worst beats, not only do you lose but everything that can happen to screw with your head happens until the final hammer falls.

My worst beat turned out to be better than I thought.

I had just gotten a big bonus from my boss, and had a week's vacation accumulated. It was October 1986, and the Red Sox and the Mets were playing. So on the spur of the moment, I grabbed $2000 and bought a plane ticket to Vegas. I really really wanted to bet the Red Sox to win the Series at 13-5 (the public thought the Mets were gods). The Series started at, I think, 5 PM PDT, and the flight was scheduled to arrive at 11:00, so I thought I had plenty of time. I did, until the plane blew a tire hitting the runway in Burbank. We had to switch planes--that took an hour or so. Then the replacement plane's engines wouldn't start (!). We all got off and waited for a United flight that had seats, but only enough for about half of us. We had a little mini-lottery right there at the gate to see who would get to take the United flight. I was one of the winners! But all this had taken, well, forever, and I no longer could be sure of getting there in time to place my bet. The plane hit the tarmac at 4:30. I sprinted out of the gate and to the taxi stand, ignoring my luggage. I jumped into a cab and blurted out, "Where's the nearest sportsbook????" The cabbie said, "The Aladdin". It was 4:45. We raced to the Aladdin, and I threw the driver a twenty, leaped out of the cab, and rushed inside to see...the first pitch of the game being thrown. No more Series bet.

Those of you familiar with baseball know the sequel. The Red Sox came within one out of winning the Series, but then butchered it, and lost the Series clincher. I would have seen $7200 (my original bet plus the $5200 I would have won) take wing and fly away. I have never been as glad of anything as I was of NOT having the bet I had planned to make in action. But right up until the final moment when the Red Sox tanked the Series, I had been cursing the gods that had delayed me so many times on my flight there.

Quote: DJTeddyBear

I don't know if this qualifies, but...

I've been to Vegas four times. The first three times I would put $10 on the Jets to win the league championship and get to the Superbowl. Those bets netted me zero.

This past year, I forgot to do that.

Although I'm gonna root for the Jets Sunday, I'm gonna hate myself if they win!

Sigh....

At least I saved ten bucks....

Both championships looked like lopsided affairs in the first half, but the Bears and Jets made it interesting. Pittsburgh covered the spread (barely) and as did Green Bay.

I think my worst bad beat was at a 4 card table. Dealer forgot to deal the cards to a player on the right. Player to my left receives my cards: 4 of a kind, worth $750.

Quote: DJTeddyBear

Sigh....

At least I saved ten bucks....

Well, I wont' tell you I'm sorry for the result, but I do offer my sympathies. It's hard watching your team lose the Conference championship, especially after they did so well getting there.

My worst beat happened in one of the baseball playoff games. 10 of us put up $10 each in a 0-9 total score pool. Winner got the $100. That was A LOT of money to me back then.
So, I have the right number, my Yankees are the home team and winning with 2 outs in the top of the ninth, and an opponent runner on third. If Goose Gossage can get the last out, I win $100. He comes in, second pitch is a wild pitch, runner on third scores, and next pitch batter grounds out to end the game. I lose the certain $100 pot. :-(

I'm always afraid of telling long stories, so I'll skip some details:

1. Playing poker, $100 in the pot (which is a lot for me) I have top pair and a gutshot straight draw. River hits my gutshot, and before I can bet, the player who was last to bet said "I said call, not raise, you shouldn't have turned the card over" Floor comes over, believes the guy, even though no one heard him say raise, and the 10 gets shuffled back into the deck. I don't hit.

2. I give my cousin $50 to make a sports bet with me in Vegas a couple of years ago. I e-mail him my bet "$50 on Steelers to win Superbowl" (They were 9-1, once again, $500 is a lot for me) He e-mails me back "Are you sure you want to put all that money on them?" I e-mail back "Yeah, I guess you're right, just give the money back to me next time you see me". Steelers go on to win the Superbowl.


I have a lucky story too, I'll wait till that thread comes up though.

I'll add a reply to this thread after I have figured out which of my 472,407 bad beats to use.

I was sitting down at texas holdem bonus one day (A game I love though its got a high volatility)- and I decided to go big... no more $10 or $15 a bet- I upped it to $50.

I put down my $50 orig bet.. I get I think it was a 9 and ten suited- I bet the $100 to continue- the flop gives me a J-high straight immediatly- so I bet $50 and the river comes out and I bet the last box for $50 to max out my return- so I got a J-high straight with $250 on the table.

The dealer flips over his cards to have four 8's. #$%^&*(O)(*&^. And that just happened to have to happen on the one hand I upped it from 10/20 to 50.

(snip)

Stupid question, easy answer... sorry....