Okay, this was in BBP League game #3, 7/12/2006.
Four players left about 90 hands into the tourney, blinds at 100/200, tourney pays through third place.
godlikev -- SB
Lytspeed -- BB (yours truly)
gooder
track1697
SB and BB post blinds, cards are dealt. I have
. Gooder raises $400, track folds, godlike raises All In ($2960), I call All In ($2120). Gooder folds (wisely.)
I show my
, godlike shows
and has me beat pre-flop.
The flop is
. Godlike flops the trip and maintains dominance.
The turn is
! I've hit the nut flush and I lead the hand.
The river is
. Godlike gets a full house on the river, and I'm out of the tournament
on the bubble.
So, now that I've taken the time to really analyze this, I'm not sure it was a bad beat. I should have considered the fact that I was on the bubble, and realized that
could be beaten right out of the gate by any pocket pair plus AK and AQ. The fact that they were suited made the cards stronger, and I did get lucky and hit my flush on the turn. But godlike was lucky too and hit an unexpected boat.
What do you guys think? Was this a bad beat? Did I use bad strategy? Did I make the right play and just get unlucky? I'm open to hearing any feedback you have.
Thanks.