Quads Lose to Straight Flush for Six-Figure Pot and No Bad Beat Jackpot Bailout
A regular on Hustler Casino Live lost a massive pot on Thursday with quads, but he wasn't bailed out from the crushing defeat by a bad beat jackpot.
Even if Hustler Casino in Los Angeles had a bad beat jackpot, it wouldn't apply to the livestream game. But Chris "Luda Chris" Chen, the player who lost his stack with quads, suffered a gross bad beat in what has been one of the most entertaining Ante Game's ever on HCL.
What a Hand
The weekly Ante Game, always on Thursday, is a no-limit hold'em game without blinds. Instead, every player at the table puts in a $50 ante before the cards are dealt, and then traditional preflop action commences.
In the bad beat jackpot-worthy hand, Luda Chris started the action off by raising to $400 from under the gun with 8♥8♣. Francisco, two spots to his left, called with J♦10♦. Jasper, a young high roller who loves to gamble, raised to $2,600 with 6♦2♥.
Luda Chris and Francisco each called before the flop came out 8♦Q♦6♣, at least something for everyone. Jasper, who flopped bottom pair, continued his aggression with a $4,000 wager. Bad news for him, though, as Luda Chris, holding middle set, raised it to $12,000.
Francisco also loved that flop as he picked up a straight flush draw. Thus, he wasn't about to be deterred by the raise, so he called. Jasper, nearly drawing dead, also called. The turn was the 9♦, which completed the straight flush, but all three players checked.
The river 8♠ was the money card as it created a quads versus straight flush situation between two of the largest stacks at the table. Luda Chris bet $18,000, leaving $59,125 behind. Francisco, who had a few thousand less, moved all in. Jasper, of course, folded, but Luda Chris excitedly put his chips into the pot immediately only to find out he'd lost to a brutal cooler.
The $193,700 pot was the largest in HCL's Ante Game history. Well, it was a record pot for about an hour or so when the poker gods felt bad for Luda's cooler and he shipped a $222,000 pot with top pair after "Jellyfish" moved all in on an open-ended straight draw that didn't come through on the river.
Losing with quads was crushing to Luda Chris, a longtime LA high-stakes grinder, but he recovered nicely and was up nearly $100,000 for the day at the time of publishing. No surprise, Francisco was the biggest winner in the game at the time, up around $205,000.
