It always happens, losing a few calls here and there, but this time, it was a bit more than here and there, and against the same player everytime.

I had about 950, blinds 10/20, and I get QQ. I raise it to 60, someone raises it to about 100, and I move in (he had only 200 in chips). I call, he turns over J8s. Board comes J87... Alright, **** happens.

About 5 hands later, QQ again. Nice, it's payback time! I was around 850 chips, and the guy had around 375. I limp in (I'm UTG), he raises, I move all-in, he calls. He turns over 88. Great! Oh wait, flop comes T78. Alright, **** happens twice against the same opponent.

Now, I'm short stacked, I need to make moves. A9s, middle position, no caller yet, I'm all-in. The same guy calls with A3o. Two pairs on board, we split the pot. He was up to 2000 by this time, after his deuces all-in preflop won against someone else's QQ. A few hands later, I was back up around 500 after stealing a few blinds, 1 minutes before the blinds go up to 50/100. AKo, perfect, I'm all-in. The guy calls, and he turns over KTo. At last! Oh wait, flop 89T. Turn 7, river 6, we split again...

After moving in about 8 more times, I finally got caught with 44 against JJ, and I was out in 127th position. I was not too happy overall, but then I checked the guy who stole all my chip. He went out around 170th! He had over 8 times my stack, and he busted first. I guess he used up all his luck against me. It's not everyday that you win/split in 4 calls in which you were at least a 2:1 underdog.

The tournament was great though. Lots of action, I moved all-in preflop 13 times, and I won only once (QJo vs A9o), but hopefully I'll play better next time, and Mike will let us take a chance at the bounty by surviving longer than 1min15!

PS: I would have done the same in his situation. QQ with a bounty on my head, I'd be all-in. Too bad the guy had KK.

Here's my bad beat story from the freeroll.

Had pocket 9s and the trip on the flop. My opponent had pocket 10s and the trip on the flop. I didn't see it coming because I thought he had 2 pair at best or perhaps pocket faces. I went all in and was KO'd early at 296th.

Zeus

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15/30 TourneyTexasHTGameTable (NL) (Tournament 6090343) - Sat Sep 25 21:12:18 EDT 2004
Table PSO NL FREEROLL(87251) Table 25 (Real Money) -- Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: notwealthy (1065)
Seat 2: TxBuckeye (1085)
Seat 3: norm949 (675)
Seat 4: taylorfife (975)
Seat 5: johnnypuma (1060)
Seat 6: Zeus1998 (1065)
Seat 7: troark (830)
Seat 8: aatrain16 (1010)
Seat 9: jgal266 (975)
Seat 10: d3man17 (1260)
TxBuckeye posts small blind (10)
norm949 posts big blind (15)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Zeus1998 [ 9h, 9s ]
taylorfife folds.
johnnypuma raises (30) to 30
Zeus1998 calls (30)
troark folds.
aatrain16 folds.
jgal266 folds.
d3man17 raises (100) to 100
notwealthy folds.
TxBuckeye folds.
norm949 folds.
johnnypuma calls (70)
Zeus1998 calls (70)
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 2c, Ts, 9c ]
johnnypuma checks.
Zeus1998 bets (100)
d3man17 calls (100)
johnnypuma calls (100)
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 4d ]
johnnypuma checks.
Zeus1998 bets (65)
d3man17 raises (1060) to 1060
d3man17 is all-In.
johnnypuma folds.
Zeus1998 calls (800)
Zeus1998 is all-In.
** Dealing River ** : [ 3s ]
Creating Main Pot with $2355 with Zeus1998
Creating Side Pot 1 with $195 with d3man17
** Summary **
Main Pot: 2355 | Side Pot 1: 195
Board: [ 2c Ts 9c 4d 3s ]
notwealthy balance 1065, didn't bet (folded)
TxBuckeye balance 1075, lost 10 (folded)
norm949 balance 660, lost 15 (folded)
taylorfife balance 975, didn't bet (folded)
johnnypuma balance 860, lost 200 (folded)
Zeus1998 balance 0, lost 1065 [ 9h 9s ] [ three of a kind, nines -- Ts,9h,9s,9c,4d ]
troark balance 830, didn't bet (folded)
aatrain16 balance 1010, didn't bet (folded)
jgal266 balance 975, didn't bet (folded)
d3man17 balance 2550, bet 1260, collected 2550, net +1290 [ Th Td ] [ three of a kind, tens -- Th,Td,Ts,9c,4d ]

How is that a bad beat? He had the best hand going in and the best hand coming out...

DOH!!! My bad.

Ignorance is bliss... I thought a bad beat was just that.

I guess slow play doesn't mean slow play (just kidding).

Lol.

Not a bad beat, but a very unlucky hand.

Yeah, you walked into a huge trap hand, it's not your fault, that crap just happens sometimes. Bad Beat implies that you had a huge lead on someone and they caught the miracle card that beat you.