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I’ve been playing in tournaments every day since early last week since 1) I have a pause in my work, and 2) my wife Carrie is out of town so I don’t have much to do (though I wrote two articles while I was sitting at the poker table, one of which was just published in a national magazine).
In one tournament, I had one of the craziest losses ever. I had Q♣J♥ and the flop was 8♠9♣10♦, giving me the nuts, a straight to the Q. I shoved, and the other player called with A♠K♦.
Here’s what you have to do:
1. Tell me what my odds of winning were at that point.
2. Tell me what cards the other player got to win.
About the author
Bob Zeidman is a high-stakes recreational poker player. He created Good Beat Poker, a free online poker site using patented technology for audio and video—see and hear the other players at the table if you choose.
Like Don below your odds were clearly 92+% and the only way you lose would be a QJ runner runner.
Not unheard of, but still a truly bad beat story
Larry W.
Your odds seem to be 99.17%, assuming he won by hitting a Queen and a Jack and I'm not missing some other avenue.
-Don