How your Quads Draw turned into a $72,000 nightmare

 

Player Hands:

• Sashimi: 7♥ 7♣ (Pocket Sevens)

• Trick Time: 10♦ 8♣ (Ten-Eight offsuit)

Board:

8♦ 7♠ A♠ 8♥ Q♦

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Step-by-Step Breakdown:

Pre-Flop:

• Sashimi starts with a strong pocket pair: 77.

• Trick Time has a marginal hand: T8 offsuit. Not premium, but it can connect with a flop.

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Flop: 8♦ 7♠ A♠

• Sashimi hits a set of sevens (777).

• Trick Time hits middle pair (pair of 8s).

At this point, Sashimi has a huge lead in the hand. Her set crushes any one-pair hand and even dominates most two-pair combos.

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Turn: 8♥

• Trick Time now hits trips (three 8s).

• Sashimi improves to a full house: sevens full of eights (7-7-7-8-8).

Here's the tricky part: Trick Time likely believes he’s ahead now with three 8s. But he's not. Sashimi’s full house is significantly stronger.

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River: Q♦

• Doesn’t change anything for either hand.

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Final Hands:

• Sashimi: Full house (Sevens full of Eights) → 7♠ 7♥ + 8♦ 8♥ 7♠

• Trick Time: Trips (Three 8s with a Queen kicker) → 8♦ 8♥ 8♣ Q♦ A♠

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Why Trick Time Lost Big:

1. Misreading Strength: Trips look strong, especially if you're not expecting your opponent to have a full house. But Sashimi's set turning into a full house was a monster.

2. Cooler Situation: This is often referred to as a cooler—a hand where one strong hand is crushed by an even stronger one. It's tough to get away from trips in this spot, especially when the board doesn’t scream “full house.”

3. Aggression vs. Trap: It’s likely Trick Time was aggressive on the turn or river, thinking his hand was best. Meanwhile, Sashimi could have slow-played her full house, letting him dig the hole deeper.

Sashimi slow-played a very strong hand and let Trick Time overplay a decent—but second-best—hand.