What would you have done? (a bad beat)

[Grinder]

Alright well tonight we played a shorthanded game with 4 people. It was about 30 minutes into the game and (lets call him) Bill had a chunk taken out of his chipstack previously. I was dealt and A8 of diamonds. The two other people folded. The flop was 7 2 8 rainbow. I raised a bit and he called. The next card is an 8, so I was thinking, great, I've got him where I want him, so I call him all in, he flops over two 7s and wins with the full house. I was furious, and I became the one short stacked. After the button went around a couple times I was dealt an A of hearts and a Q of diamonds. I raise 1/3rd of my chips and the only person left calls. The flop was 9,10,J of hearts so I went all in. As you can guess the next two cards werent hearts or of any help to me and I lost to his 9's. I guess that's poker.

[Jayarr85]

I might not have called him all in on the first 8, but on the second for sure. If he's slow playing pocket 7's with a short stack, he's really waiting on a hand. For me, short-stacked, pocket 7's at a 4 man table and I'm all-in. I think this was just a bad beat, you had to of thought that you had him slaughtered. But it also depends on whether or not Bill is agressive. If he likes to check-raise and slow play, then you should be weary of just a call.

[Fat Tony]

i don't think either of could really be called bad beats. they were just hands that you happened to lose. sure in the first example you had an ace, but the flop was all low cards and that's usually when low to mid trips hit. a bad beat would be if you had trip kings and someone hit runner, runner to make trip aces or a straight or something.

[RonInFla]

agreed... you had a good hand with the set of 8's, but you rushed the all-in, maybe good sized feeler would have been a better play. I never assume I have the best hand with out a good idea of what my opponent has, no matter what the odds are. information is the key

[Underbelly]

They happen and you might as well laugh because getting mad won't change a thing. Here ia a example that happened in a game last week. 2 people went all in after the flop. A Q72 was the flop and both players had Q's. One players had a 7 to go with his Q while the other had a 5. Logic would tell you there is almost no way the 2 pair Qs & 7s should lose.

Nope, a five came up on the turn and another on the river! I don't know the odds but I'm sure it was a lot!

Nothing you can do but laugh or cry so you might as well laugh!