The WORST Bad Beat In Poker History

Yes, this was a massive cooler but looking at the river play, it was also one of the worst hands I have EVER played in my career, a gigantic gift to Mariano that I will make sure never happens again. Thx for the breakdown Doug.

Words you never hear- “I folded an ace high flush because I thought he had a straight flush”.

I really like the fact that Hustler and Lodge aren’t at war. They are cooperating and we as the audience are the winners. Smart biz on both sides. Nice to see!

Andy is a true class act and the definition of a quite professional. Handled that cooler like a true pro

I feel like I have to chip in because of the title. There was a man who was close to the bubble of the main event WSOP, all he had to do was fold a few hands to guarantee his family $15,000. He was explaining to his wife (who knew nothing about poker) that he played a satellite and got a seat and he was the second biggest stack at his table near the bubble and all he had to do was fold for 30 minutes or so. Anyway the big stack was raising small every hand. Our hero ended up playing a hand JJ just to see a flop. As you can probably guess the flop was wonderful, J77. So the villain, the big stack, put him all in on the flop and our hero called. Villain had A3 off. Runner runner 7,7!!! The worst part is he had to explain to his wife why he didn’t have $15,000 after he promised her he would just fold every hand

"Don´t fold strong hands on the river" Also Doug: "Yea, that nut flush just fold it for the rest of your life and your good"

He had that “holy crap what a hand,” look on his face but chose to quietly celebrate and Andy did likewise. So nice to see, especially when you see the other side of poker in all stakes, where there’s show boating and trash talking. Not good for the sport. Congratulations Mariano.

Andy handled himself like a true professional

Some of the best commentary I've ever heard - even compare to other videos from you, Doug. Thank you so much.

Mariano took this win with massive dignity tough spot for Andy.

Mariano is such a gentleman. He has a very subdued demeanor after winning the hand. He knows this hand is a once in a lifetime cooler, and doesn't want to add insult to injury. Bravo Mariano! You are a good guy.

Doug! Please continue this video format. Was excellent to watch and kept me more engaged than other videos.

10:57 - I’m so glad you caught yourself saying this and then smoothly called yourself out on it. Gave me a good laugh. ❤

I do want to say that I have seen the very possible worst hold em bad beat one time at a home game. It was AK of diamonds vs 89 of diamonds and they both got the straight flushes. For the game I was playing, it was a huge pot. So nuts!

Not the same without face cam ;)

The problem is, when you have Ax of diamonds your opponent can't have diamonds also because you have two blockers to diamonds and the way pros talk these days, blockers are 100% to negate all possibilities.

Agree with the last point most of all. When you overbet river on an unpaired 4 flush board and you have the flushing A, if your opponent snap jams, they are either a complete and total fish or they have a straight flush. There is no third option. If there is no straight flush possible on the board, either you misread the board or your opponent did.

I saw a guy fold TT on a flopped AAK at Hollywood casino in PA a few years ago when the BB Jackpot was over 700k. It was quad Tens qualifier. A guy when checked to bombed out with quad Aces and another guy got it in with Kings full on an A-A-K . It came running Tens. 99% of the people with quads would just check the flop but this guy was a complete newbie and just bombed it. Tens as played obviously has to fold but If quads checks then dude makes tens full and is never folding at that point. The dude got hauled out by police because he was so irate over it and basically told the guy he would kill him if he saw him outside of the casino. pure madness. That's the worst beat I ever saw.

Back in 2018 twice did my ace high flush lose to a straight flush with no paired board. The first one was at Hustler and the second one was at Hawaiian Gardens.

Everyone would go broke in this spot. Andy took it so well, props to him.