The One That Got Away

As I've mentioned before, I like to listen to music when I play poker. I also like to use song titles as the titles of my blog posts when the mood strikes me. I've been listening to Katy Perry's "The One That Got Away" a lot lately, and last night, poker's prettiest hand was the one that got away. What do I mean by poker's prettiest hand? The royal flush in spades. Since the ace of spades is the prettiest card in the deck (according to Norman Chad), that makes the spade royal flush poker's prettiest hand. Here's how the one that got away went down:

Table 'Aldebaran VIII' 9-max (Play Money) Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: (84738 in chips)
Seat 2: (32200 in chips)
Seat 3: (140078 in chips)
Seat 4: (89800 in chips)
Seat 5: (34300 in chips)
Seat 6: (38743 in chips)
Seat 7: neostreet (51467 in chips)
Seat 8: (20900 in chips)
Seat 9: (40535 in chips)
Seat 2: posts small blind 100
Seat 3: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to neostreet [Js 6d]
Seat 4: calls 200
Seat 5: calls 200
Seat 6: folds
neostreet: calls 200
Seat 8: calls 200
Seat 9: calls 200
Seat 1: calls 200
Seat 2: calls 100
Seat 3: checks
*** FLOP *** [As Jh Qs]
Seat 2: checks
Seat 3: checks
Seat 4: checks
Seat 5: checks
neostreet: checks
Seat 8: checks
Seat 9: bets 200
Seat 1: folds
Seat 2: calls 200
Seat 3: calls 200
Seat 4: folds
Seat 5: calls 200
neostreet: calls 200
Seat 8: folds
*** TURN *** [As Jh Qs] [Ks]
Seat 2: checks
Seat 3: checks
Seat 5: bets 5200
neostreet: folds
Seat 9: calls 5200
Seat 2: folds
Seat 3: folds
*** RIVER *** [As Jh Qs Ks] [Ts]
Seat 5: checks
Seat 9: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Seat 5: shows [Th Qc] (a straight, Ten to Ace)
Seat 9: shows [Td Ad] (a straight, Ten to Ace)
Seat 5 collected 6500 from pot
Seat 9 collected 6500 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 13000 | Rake 0
Board [As Jh Qs Ks Ts]
Seat 1: Seat 1 (button) folded on the Flop
Seat 2: Seat 2 (small blind) folded on the Turn
Seat 3: Seat 3 (big blind) folded on the Turn
Seat 4: Seat 4 folded on the Flop
Seat 5: Seat 5 showed [Th Qc] and won (6500) with a straight, Ten to Ace
Seat 6: Seat 6 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: neostreet folded on the Turn
Seat 8: Seat 8 folded on the Flop
Seat 9: Seat 9 showed [Td Ad] and won (6500) with a straight, Ten to Ace

Believe it or not, I had a strong hunch the ten of spades was going to hit on the river. The royal flush felt like a big old train speeding down the tracks. However, I folded because the odds were wrong; I was being asked to pay too much to stay in the hand. I still got to see the train roar through the station, I just didn't make any money on it :-)

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 108 hands and saw flop:
- 11 out of 15 times while in big blind (73%)
- 11 out of 15 times while in small blind (73%)
- 47 out of 78 times in other positions (60%)
- a total of 69 out of 108 (63%)
Pots won at showdown - 10 of 20 (50%)
Pots won without showdown - 13

delta: $1,367
balance: 4,167,696