Bad Beat Stories (Poker)

[pmayjr]

Anyone wanna vent about a bad-beat poker story?

Playing in a home game this past Sat, I had a couple of bad beats put on me in 2 $20 no-limit games. In game 1, I called a guy who went all in with pocket 10s. I called him with Ace-Jack. So we have a coin-flip situation (a pocket pair vs. 2 over cards). Another guy folded a 10, so there was only one 10 left in the deck. On the flop, a jack hits. No straight draw, no flush draws on the flop or turn for either of us. Dude spikes the case 10 on the river. Brutal.

In game 2, a guy pushes all in. I call him with pocket kings. He has me covered by about 3 thousand chips (a close margin), and another guy calls behind me, and he has us both covered, but not by much. Flop comes a nothin... no straight or flush draws. An Ace was folded before the flop, so they have 2 jacks, and 1 ace left to beat me. Turn comes a jack, River comes a jack.

2 Brutal beats in one night! Oh how I love and hate hold 'em all at the same time! Kinda reminds me of horse racing! Anyone else have some venting they'd like to do on this issue?