Two quad night

The title of this post should actually be "Two quads night", but I wanted it to sound more like "Three Dog Night", the name of a rock band from the 70s, so I de-pluralized it :-) Technically, the odds of getting quads (four of a kind) in hold'em are 1 in 595, but that's assuming you never fold. No one could possibly make a profit by never folding, so the actual odds are much less than that. I've now played 27,823 hands of MTT-R NLHE, and have gotten quads 17 times, which translates to 1 in 1,637. Last night, I got quads twice. Not only that, each was an instance of what I call "magic quads". Magic quads are similar to magic flushes; only one of your hole cards contributes. The first time, I was dealt T3o (ten three offsuit) and made quad threes. Just two hands later, I was dealt A5o (ace five offsuit) and made quad fives. Those two huge pots propelled me to the final table.

style flavor buy_in entry players hands entries paid place winnings

MTT-R NLHE    43500  6500       9   112      72   15     3  2064000

delta: $1,814,000
MTT with rebuys NLHE balance: $41,051,500
2018 balance: $7,328,000
balance: $52,841,260