bad split pot

[trustme]

this felt like a bad beat even though i picked up a few chips. Could have been worse...at least the board didnt pair up!

Hand #210079285 at table: Texas Holdem
Started: Sun Feb 19 03:28:27 2006

andi4000 is at seat 1 with 5770.00
hippie is at seat 2 with 5952.00
Mr. Hat is at seat 3 with 5793.00
axelsil is at seat 6 with 6094.00
ogod is at seat 7 with 6310.00
trust_me is at seat 8 with 4953.00
f1 is at seat 9 with 3794.00
sam farha is at seat 10 with 4073.00

f1 posts the large blind 300.00
trust_me posts the small blind 150.00

trust_me: 5d, 6h
f1: --, --
sam farha: --, --
andi4000: --, --
hippie: --, --
Mr. Hat: --, --
axelsil: --, --
ogod: --, --

Pre-flop:

sam farha: Fold
andi4000: Call 300.00
hippie: Call 300.00
Mr. Hat: Fold
axelsil: Call 300.00
ogod: Fold
trust_me: Call 300.00
f1: Check

Flop (Board: 7h, 8d, 4s):

trust_me: Check
f1: Bet 300.00
andi4000: Call 300.00
hippie: Call 300.00
axelsil: Fold
trust_me: Raise 1500.00
f1: Fold
andi4000: Fold
hippie: All in
trust_me: All in

Showdown:

hippie shows: 4c, 4d (three of a kind, Fours)
trust_me shows: 5d, 6h (straight to the Eight)

Turn (Board: 7h, 8d, 4s, 5s):


River (Board: 7h, 8d, 4s, 5s, 6s):

hippie shows: 4c, 4d (straight to the Eight)

Mainpot:
Splitpot of 5853 straight to the Eight

(0.00 rake were taken for this hand)

[Dice Man]

I remember reading one of Negreanu's journals and a hand went like that. What happened was this: DN flopped a nut straight. He raised, and an opponent went all in, a significant raise. DN called immediately, and his opponent mucked his hand. DN was shocked, he says "you don't even have a pair?" (because a pair could still get a runner runner full house or quads). The guy says that he has absolutely nothing and had put DN on a bluff. But DN is a strict adherer to the rules of the game, which state that if a player's all in you have to have a showdown and a full board. So DN asks the dealer to unmuck the guy's hand and deal the turn and river, which are the same cards DN has, splitting the pot.

[hyperman]

Trustme - still gaining 900 chips on a 'lets see a flop' is still better than getting done for all your stack.

Fair play to Daniel Negreanu, can't imagine many others doing that - although online would have had no choice but to see it out.
And I'll bet his reaction to the beat was more dignified than most too.

[fraczish]

What are the odds of that??!!?? Sheesh!!

[Dice Man]

I found the article where he explains that hand. That was a pretty sick split with his opponent having only a 0.91% chance of survival. Trust_me only had a 64.65% chance of winning the pot. It hardly even counts as a bad split.