The gift flush

Of the many bad beats that are out there, one of the most infuriating is what I call the gift flush.  That's when the board runs out to a four flush, and one of your opponent's hole cards happens to match that suit. It certainly feels like the poker gods are out to get you when that happens. It happened to me in the final hand I played last night. To add insult to injury, one of the cards to the four flush was a queen, giving me trips. I know not to complain too strenuously, however; I've been on the good side of gift flushes plenty of times myself :-)

style flavor buy_in entry players hands entries paid place winnings

MTT   NLHE    18000  2000       9    57     272   72    63    36000
MTT   NLHE    18000  2000       9    29     236   63    98        0

delta: $-4,000
MTT NLHE balance: $849,248
2016 balance: $-350,434
balance: $10,349,930