Big hands are part of tournament poker. In fact we see them day in day out. We're used to them. We're numb to the bad-beat. I mean, it helps that we don't have to be at the receiving end of them... but still, we've seen it all over the years.
But every once in a while, it's worth sharing a particularly brutal one to remind you that it's not just you who's always at the receiving end of them.
Find out here which hand the PokerStars Blog, in its infinite wisdom, has picked as the Hand of the Day from Day 2 of the PokerStars Festival Bucharest Main Event.
A player opened to 9,000 in middle position and Jozsef Liszkovics called on the button. Alpar Gyorgy Soos three-bet to 33,000 from the small blind and the initial raiser folded.
Liszkovics asked to see how much Soos was playing, with Soos raising his arm to reveal around 110,000 behind. Liszkovics moved all in and Soos called.
Liszkovics:
Soos:
LIszkovics winced as he turned over his cards, expecting the worst, and Queens was about as bad as it could have been.
The board ran out with not a king in site, and Soos fist-bumped a friend across the table and doubled to just over 250,000.
Daniel Nietrzebka, who has had a stack well in excess of 400,000 since before the break, opened to 9,000 from early position and Andrei Taranu called in the next position.
The pair saw a flop of and Nietrzebka check-called a bet of 12,000. The turn was the and Nietrzebka checked again. Taranu bet 28,000 and Nietrzebka called.
The river was another three, the and Nietrzebka checked for a third time. Taranu bet 50,000 and after some consideration, Nietrzebka folded.
Pictured on the left is Romania's Alexandry Anghel, who on Thursday night here at the JW Marriott Hotel in Bucharest took down the €170 MegaStack event for €15,440.
Was it through magic that he won it? And was it through magic that he somehow managed to make his spadie trophy hover in mid air as he posed for his winner's photo?
Find out more about the "magical" winner over on the PokerStars Blog.
with not a king in site, and Soos fist-bumped a friend across the table and doubled to just over 250,000.
and Nietrzebka checked again. Taranu bet 28,000 and Nietrzebka called.
and Nietrzebka checked for a third time. Taranu bet 50,000 and after some consideration, Nietrzebka folded.
Bogdan Lazar moved all in and Kakoun Meir called. Oren Meir Malka then moved all in himself and Meir called.
. The river was the 
and Meir eliminated two players