A buddy relayed this story to me the other day...
"Our hero has 99 in the BB on a 2/4 limit table at Party Poker (ooo party party). 4 limpers and hero checks. Flop is 9d-9c-Tc. Yeehaw. Hero bets, another player raises, call, fold, call, hero reraises, call, fold, call. Turn is Jc. Hero bets, raise, fold, hero reraises, call. River is Qc. Hero bets, raise, hero reraises, cap, call. Villain of course shows 7c8c for the straight flush.
Sucks, right, quads flopped and you lose. BOO.
But wait. See this was on Party's bad beat jackpot tables. Their stipulations are quad 8s or better beaten and both hole cards must play. WHOO HOO. Hero is rich! But wait. Villain has a SIX card str8 flush. They turned it, using both of their cards. But the river was the only card in the deck that could kill the jackpot, costing hero $39,000, or about 9500 BB. And likely their sanity."
