Recognizing your good fortune

On Thursday night, I had a slight loss, but it could have been much worse. I lost my full starting stack of $40K at the first table I joined; this was mostly due to not being able to stop myself from chasing flush draws. I reupped at another table, and was slowly heading south when I had the following miraculous hand:

Table 'Alcor V' 9-max (Play Money) Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: (28432 in chips)
Seat 2: (40000 in chips)
Seat 3: (54700 in chips)
Seat 4: (26600 in chips)
Seat 5: (41100 in chips)
Seat 6: (38100 in chips)
Seat 7: (39300 in chips)
Seat 8: neostreet (42900 in chips)
Seat 9: (41500 in chips)
Seat 7: posts small blind 100
neostreet: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to neostreet [Qs Ah]
Seat 9: raises 500 to 700
Seat 1: calls 700
Seat 2: folds
Seat 3: calls 700
Seat 4: calls 700
Seat 5: folds
Seat 6: calls 700
Seat 7: calls 600
neostreet: raises 500 to 1200
Seat 9: raises 500 to 1700
Seat 1: calls 1000
Seat 3: folds
Seat 4: calls 1000
Seat 6: calls 1000
Seat 7: calls 1000
neostreet: raises 500 to 2200
Seat 9: calls 500
Seat 1: calls 500
Seat 4: calls 500
Seat 6: calls 500
Seat 7: calls 500
*** FLOP *** [Ac Kc Jd]
Seat 7: checks
neostreet: bets 7000
Seat 9: folds
Seat 1: calls 7000
Seat 4: calls 7000
Seat 6: calls 7000
Seat 7: folds
*** TURN *** [Ac Kc Jd] [8c]
neostreet: checks
Seat 1: checks
Seat 4: checks
Seat 6: checks
*** RIVER *** [Ac Kc Jd 8c] [7c]
neostreet: checks
Seat 1: checks
Seat 4: checks
Seat 6: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
neostreet: shows [Qs Ah] (a pair of Aces)
Seat 1: mucks hand
Seat 4: mucks hand
Seat 6: mucks hand
neostreet collected 41900 from pot

What are the odds that none of the four players remaining in the hand at showdown have a single club? Very small, indeed. I recognized my good fortune, and called it a night posthaste.

delta: $-4,500
balance: $895,238