Bad Beat Candidate #3: “@iabuse Gets Abused with AA“ BBOTW 5/20-5/26
Bad Beat of The Week Candidate #3 (5/20-5/26): Is This Worth the 2 SBD Weekly Prize?
The Hand
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Submitter: @michaelluchies
Loser(s): @iabuse
Hand Breakdown:
With only three players left in the 5 SBD @followbtcnews freeroll, @lebekons raised all-in pre-flop. @iabuse calls, putting him all-in. He turns over aces, giving him a 78.15% chance of doubling up on this hand. The flop gave @lebekons an open-ended straight draw and the river completed it, turning @iabuse’s smile into tears, and crushing his dreams.
Hang in there @iabuse, we stand with you.
Voting Begins Sunday
Is this the Bad Beat of The Week? If you think so, vote on Sunday for “Candidate #3.”
Bad Beat of The Week
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Suited connectors are not too bad against overpairs. OE straight draw meant that Lebekons had 8 outs, which he will win roughly in 32% of the pots he plays. Do not forget about backdoors: 99, TT, or two clubs out of 9 on turn and river could have given him the best hand. Leb had approximately 37-ish percent after the flop. I don't think it's really a bad beat. Even if it could look like that when the players showed their hands, it certainly wasn't a bad beat after the flop.
All-in 78 to under 22% is a huge underdog pre-flop and a bad beat. Yes, if they would've gotten it all in after the flop, I agree, it's no longer necessarily a "bad beat," but aces against 910 suited pre-flop all-in is certainly a rough bad beat.