Two Bad Beats This Weekend (1 Viewer)

[Gally]

Just here to vent a little........I had two terrible gambling beats this weekend.

Had a Vegas trip with the buddies. Placed bets for Sunday games. Two that were all but won and then taken away.

First - Had a parlay of MHJ anytime TD with Ladd anytime TD. I figured since I took Ladd out of all my FF lineups he was a shoe in for a TD and sure enough early on he hit pay dirt. Bad beat was MHJ getting ruled a TD on the first or second drive only to be reviewed and placed at the half yard line. Watching in the sports book I didn't get a really good look but in real time it sure looked like a TD. Went from celebrating a win to hoping the rest of the game...Then nothing. Ugh

Second - and more painful. Had Arizona on a parlay at -7.5. Had the game won and Demarcardo just salted it away. Nope fool dropped the ball early (and I am still not sure there was enough to overturn the call but they were still up big so that couldn't really be the nut punch. And I was right there was a bigger nut punch still to come. Then you have the DB make and interception to salt the win away only to cough up the ball while untouched over to a teammate that turned into Dave Casper dribbling the ball into the endzone only to have Tennessee hop on the ball for a TD and my parlay was sunk.

I hate betting on football games.

 

[Rubi]

Just here to vent a little........I had two terrible gambling beats this weekend.

Had a Vegas trip with the buddies. Placed bets for Sunday games. Two that were all but won and then taken away.

First - Had a parlay of MHJ anytime TD with Ladd anytime TD. I figured since I took Ladd out of all my FF lineups he was a shoe in for a TD and sure enough early on he hit pay dirt. Bad beat was MHJ getting ruled a TD on the first or second drive only to be reviewed and placed at the half yard line. Watching in the sports book I didn't get a really good look but in real time it sure looked like a TD. Went from celebrating a win to hoping the rest of the game...Then nothing. Ugh

Second - and more painful. Had Arizona on a parlay at -7.5. Had the game won and Demarcardo just salted it away. Nope fool dropped the ball early (and I am still not sure there was enough to overturn the call but they were still up big so that couldn't really be the nut punch. And I was right there was a bigger nut punch still to come. Then you have the DB make and interception to salt the win away only to cough up the ball while untouched over to a teammate that turned into Dave Casper dribbling the ball into the endzone only to have Tennessee hop on the ball for a TD and my parlay was sunk.

I hate betting on football games.

I feel your pain Gally
Been down Bad Beat Road a few times
Keep on Keeping On
Your next score is right around the corner

 

[wlwiles]

Just here to vent a little........I had two terrible gambling beats this weekend.

Had a Vegas trip with the buddies. Placed bets for Sunday games. Two that were all but won and then taken away.

First - Had a parlay of MHJ anytime TD with Ladd anytime TD. I figured since I took Ladd out of all my FF lineups he was a shoe in for a TD and sure enough early on he hit pay dirt. Bad beat was MHJ getting ruled a TD on the first or second drive only to be reviewed and placed at the half yard line. Watching in the sports book I didn't get a really good look but in real time it sure looked like a TD. Went from celebrating a win to hoping the rest of the game...Then nothing. Ugh

Second - and more painful. Had Arizona on a parlay at -7.5. Had the game won and Demarcardo just salted it away. Nope fool dropped the ball early (and I am still not sure there was enough to overturn the call but they were still up big so that couldn't really be the nut punch. And I was right there was a bigger nut punch still to come. Then you have the DB make and interception to salt the win away only to cough up the ball while untouched over to a teammate that turned into Dave Casper dribbling the ball into the endzone only to have Tennessee hop on the ball for a TD and my parlay was sunk.

I hate betting on football games.

Sounds rough GB...I feel for you there. This is a large reason why I don't bet on football either. My only exception to that is when my team has a big game against a rival. I'll bet a little money on the opponent either ML or to cover depending on the spread. If my team wins, I'm happy and don't care about the money. If my team loses, the money helps soften the blow a little. Beyond that it's too much of a crapshoot for someone like me that doesn't hawk it as their day job.

 

[BlackCrowes]

headed there on Saturday. i'm looking forward to similar heartbreak.

 

[msudaisy26]

That stinks. My dynasty team is ravaged by by injuries and byes this week. I had to start Demarcado at flex. I lost by less than a point. All he had to do was get tackled before he let the ball go and I win, minus two for the fumble.

 

[Snotbubbles]

I had an opposite weekend.

I deposited $25 into FanDuel and got a $50 bonus stake.

So I bet $5 on a crazy AJ Brown 4 leg parlay that would have hit if he didn't stop on a route.

Then I bet $5 on Detroit -9.5 over Cincy to get a $300 bonus stake. Hit that to break even.

Then with my $50 bonus stake, hit on my 3 leg parlay for SNF.

Drake Maye over 224.5 pass yards
Josh Allen over 227.5 pass yards
Josh Allen over 1.5 pass TDs

Now I have to use my free $300 by 10/12/2025. Thinking of throwing some crazy parlays in just for fun. I'm already 5x'd my initial stake.

 

[menobrown]

Sorry for your beat downs Gally. It helps to let it out, hope it helped you.

I know we used to have a thread pinned on this and I actually looked for it because the bad beats I took last week on the dual MNF games had me so twisted I just had to get it off my chest. Still do.

On that note, I had 6 matchups last week on the line heading into MNF, went 0-6. Lost 3 games by a TOTAL of less then one point. I don't mean each game by less then one point, I mean total. .4, .5 and .05. Lost all 6 games by a combined 12.1 points. These included major contest like FFPC Main Events, their $350 and a $750 dynasty league.

Meanwhile my closest margin of victory was 19.55 points and that was a dynasty league I lost Tyreek along with some Benson/Conner and decided to blow the team up, would have been better losing.

 

[irish eyes]

I had an opposite weekend.

I deposited $25 into FanDuel and got a $50 bonus stake.

So I bet $5 on a crazy AJ Brown 4 leg parlay that would have hit if he didn't stop on a route.

Then I bet $5 on Detroit -9.5 over Cincy to get a $300 bonus stake. Hit that to break even.

Then with my $50 bonus stake, hit on my 3 leg parlay for SNF.

Drake Maye over 224.5 pass yards
Josh Allen over 227.5 pass yards
Josh Allen over 1.5 pass TDs

Now I have to use my free $300 by 10/12/2025. Thinking of throwing some crazy parlays in just for fun. I'm already 5x'd my initial stake.

Not sure if you are aware but on fanduel you don't have to use the whole amount at one time. I didn't know that when I first did it but I've won a few bonuses and sometimes nice to split it up. Now after reading it you probably knew that.

 

[Snotbubbles]

I had an opposite weekend.

I deposited $25 into FanDuel and got a $50 bonus stake.

So I bet $5 on a crazy AJ Brown 4 leg parlay that would have hit if he didn't stop on a route.

Then I bet $5 on Detroit -9.5 over Cincy to get a $300 bonus stake. Hit that to break even.

Then with my $50 bonus stake, hit on my 3 leg parlay for SNF.

Drake Maye over 224.5 pass yards
Josh Allen over 227.5 pass yards
Josh Allen over 1.5 pass TDs

Now I have to use my free $300 by 10/12/2025. Thinking of throwing some crazy parlays in just for fun. I'm already 5x'd my initial stake.

Not sure if you are aware but on fanduel you don't have to use the whole amount at one time. I didn't know that when I first did it but I've won a few bonuses and sometimes nice to split it up

Yeah, I'm thinking of just doing a bunch of $10-20 crazy parlays to try and hit on nice big one.

 

[Gally]

Then with my $50 bonus stake, hit on my 3 leg parlay for SNF.

Drake Maye over 224.5 pass yards
Josh Allen over 227.5 pass yards
Josh Allen over 1.5 pass TDs

Now I have to use my free $300 by 10/12/2025. Thinking of throwing some crazy parlays in just for fun. I'm already 5x'd my initial stake.

Take it the bragging because I win my bets thread. This is for sulking and complaining about losing bets.


(kidding.......its nice to see someone collecting on bets....hahah)

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

Had a 5-pick $30 Parlay
CLE O34
DET -10.5
TB +3.5
TB O44.5
PHI -3.5

Fortunately I also had it without the Eagles for $50, so a positive weekend… but PHI was up 17-3 in the 4th, then proceeded to step on a series of rakes and choked the entire game away.

Last year I had a $25 8-pick parlay (we were drinking in Reno, don’t judge!) and the last leg was Eagles -6. That was the game that they were up 22-0 over the Jags in the 3rd. The one where they gave up a TD+2PAT, then gave up a 4th and 13 (which led to a TD & 2PAT) and finally Elliott shanked the 56 yarder that woulda covered. $3200 gone on what looked like a lock.

Bad beats are the worst, and I’m never including PHI in a bet again, ever.

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

These included major contest like FFPC Main Events, their $350 and a $750 dynasty league.

That’s brutal. I was in 14th place overall in the NFFC BB tourney with Cook & Worthy YTP.

Worthy’s extra 3 points over my other WR helped, but only bumped me to 12th overall. I could be top 3 with an average performance from Cook. Still psyched to be top 12 with a really solid team, but man. The 1 overall had a meh week and I coulda gained much more ground on them.

 

[zed2283]

I can't remember who was playing, but I remember the last game I ever bet on. It was sometime in the early 2000s. I was giving like 5.5 points and my team was up by 17. The other team scored a TD, got the onside kick, went down and scored a TD on the last play of the game to lose by 3.

And that was it. I said "I've had enough of this ####!!!"

 

[urbanhack]

@Dr. No

 

[Steeler]

more painful. Had Arizona

I'm on a losing streak, so I did a 3 game parlay where I picked DET, IND, and ARI to win outright (all were 7+ point favorites). I wouldn't have been a big win, but figured it would be an "easy" way to win a bet

A back-door cover is bad enough, but to outright lose that game the way they did is unbelievable. When Demarcardo dropped the ball at the 1/2 yard line I was concerned. When the interception/fumble/turned TD for HOU I knew ARI was going to blow it.

 

[Gally]

A back-door cover is bad enough, but to outright lose that game the way they did is unbelievable. When Demarcardo dropped the ball at the 1/2 yard line I was concerned. When the interception/fumble/turned TD for HOU I knew ARI was going to blow it.

That may have been my fault. Once they blew the cover I was actively rooting for them to lose outright. Sorry about that.

 

[barackdhouse]

Then with my $50 bonus stake, hit on my 3 leg parlay for SNF.

Drake Maye over 224.5 pass yards
Josh Allen over 227.5 pass yards
Josh Allen over 1.5 pass TDs

Now I have to use my free $300 by 10/12/2025. Thinking of throwing some crazy parlays in just for fun. I'm already 5x'd my initial stake.

Take it the bragging because I win my bets thread. This is for sulking and complaining about losing bets.


(kidding.......its nice to see someone collecting on bets....hahah)

dude I hit my 6 leg all-London parlay Sunday morning turned $10 into $700. You suck and I'm cool. jk

yeah that arizona melt down was actually pretty frickin legendary and sorry to hear you were a casualty from it. that would-be interception-turned-into-a-Ten-TD (for Lockett) was one of the most three stooges football play I've ever seen. The fumble at the goal line by Demercado I still think should have stood as called on the field as a TD. There wasn't enough evidence to overturn it and say he definitively hadn't crossed the goalline yet. Thought that was a BS call. They were about to go up 27-6 with 12 minutes left and an extra point pending. one of the crazier 4th quarter meltdowns I've seen.

For the record the Bears "they are who we thought they were" 21-3 comeback vs Arizona in 2006 was the best. At least Ward engineered a TD drive in the 4th quarter of this one. Rex Grossman had something like 7 turnovers and they only put up 3 total points from offense. Two defensive TDs and Hester to the house sealed the win but the offense never ever got it together. This Tennessee offense is not as good as that 2006 Bears offense that went to the super bowl just saying.

 

[barackdhouse]

Sorry for your beat downs Gally. It helps to let it out, hope it helped you.

I know we used to have a thread pinned on this and I actually looked for it because the bad beats I took last week on the dual MNF games had me so twisted I just had to get it off my chest. Still do.

On that note, I had 6 matchups last week on the line heading into MNF, went 0-6. Lost 3 games by a TOTAL of less then one point. I don't mean each game by less then one point, I mean total. .4, .5 and .05. Lost all 6 games by a combined 12.1 points. These included major contest like FFPC Main Events, their $350 and a $750 dynasty league.

Meanwhile my closest margin of victory was 19.55 points and that was a dynasty league I lost Tyreek along with some Benson/Conner and decided to blow the team up, would have been better losing.

That's rough.

I somehow talked myself into benching Egbuka in the flex for Woody GD Marks in my big home league. 1st place was on the line and still almost won.

 

[Cowboysfan8]

Second - and more painful. Had Arizona on a parlay at -7.5. Had the game won and Demarcardo just salted it away. Nope fool dropped the ball early (and I am still not sure there was enough to overturn the call but they were still up big so that couldn't really be the nut punch. And I was right there was a bigger nut punch still to come. Then you have the DB make and interception to salt the win away only to cough up the ball while untouched over to a teammate that turned into Dave Casper dribbling the ball into the endzone only to have Tennessee hop on the ball for a TD and my parlay was sunk.

I posted in another thread.

These plays cost me a win in FF and knocked me out of my only survivor pool.

Jerks

 

[Runkle]

Cardplayer Magazine once called these the two worst bad-beats of all time. FYI, just for reference:

World Series of Poker, supersatellite, early '00s: This story was told to me by Mark Tenner, co-owner of Card Player Cruises and co-author of Winning Omaha/8 Poker (does this guy do anything by himself?). Mark was playing in a supersatellite at Binion's Horseshoe to try to win a seat in the championship event. In a super, one seat is awarded for every $10,000 in the prize pool. In this particular super, the prize pool was $50,000. So, the final five players would get seats, and sixth place would win a hot dog.

We pick up the action with six players left. One player had a huge chip lead, and the other five, including Mark, were about even in chips. The chip leader had already won a seat in the main event in a previous supersatellite, so assuming that he held on to survive in this one, he would be given $10,000 in cash.

At this point, nobody wanted to walk away with merely a hot dog. One of the players suggested this deal: The five short-stacked players would take the five seats, and each would pay the chip leader $2,200. Naturally, the chip leader didn't object, as he figured to pick up an extra $1,000 this way. End of tournament.

The tournament director was summoned, and the players all shook hands, congratulating each other. When the tournament director arrived, he was told of the agreement. He approved, but then asked the dealer why a deal had been struck while a hand was in progress. Unbeknownst to the players, the dealer had dealt out the next hand in the midst of the negotiations. The director stated that this hand had to play (hmm…), and that the deal could be concluded after the hand.

Now, I wasn't there, but it would seem to me that just tossing in the cards facedown would have safely ended things. But then we wouldn't have a story. Mark happens to look down at his cards, and, naturally, finds pocket aces. So, he puts in a big raise. The chip leader looks at his holding and finds the mighty A-K in the pocket. What can he do but move all in? Mark immediately calls (if he didn't do it immediately, this may not have happened). Naturally, the A-K wins and Mark busts out. Ketchup and mustard, please. Meanwhile, the winner of the pot is stacking his chips when he realizes that he just cost himself a grand by winning this big pot.

Gardena, California, sometime in the Dark Ages of poker (aka the '70s): This story was told to me by David Sklansky, and it took place in a high draw game called "jacks-back." In this game, there was an ante but no blinds, and the player to the left of the dealer acted first. Each player could either "open" or "pass." To open, you had to hold at least a pair of jacks in your hand, although it was legal to pass a strong hand if you opted not to open with it. If action went all the way around the table and nobody opened, the game became ace-to-five single-draw lowball, with the same cards.

These games featured a bad-beat jackpot, with a payout that often grew quite large. In order to qualify for the jackpot, you had to get aces full beat in the high hands, or you had to lose with a 6-4-3-2-A in lowball. In this particular situation, the stakes were $2-$4, and the jackpot had grown to several thousand dollars. The player who took the bad beat would get approximately 70 percent of the jackpot, while the player who won the hand would win the remaining 30 percent.

On the pivotal hand, the action was passed to the player next to the dealer. He looked down at the dream hand: 6-4-3-2-A. This was a no-lose situation. Nearly every time, he would win the pot, and if he was really lucky, somebody would make a wheel and he would win the jackpot.

This was contingent upon the button not having a hand with which he could open, of course. Much to the pat 6-4's chagrin, the button opened. Everyone folded around, and he showed his 6-4 in disgust. The button was now obliged to show his "openers," as players were not allowed to open on a bluff in this game. He stated, "I had a straight!" as he proudly turned over his A-2-3-4-5.

 

[Gally]

Cardplayer Magazine once called these the two worst bad-beats of all time. FYI, just for reference:

World Series of Poker, supersatellite, early '00s: This story was told to me by Mark Tenner, co-owner of Card Player Cruises and co-author of Winning Omaha/8 Poker (does this guy do anything by himself?). Mark was playing in a supersatellite at Binion's Horseshoe to try to win a seat in the championship event. In a super, one seat is awarded for every $10,000 in the prize pool. In this particular super, the prize pool was $50,000. So, the final five players would get seats, and sixth place would win a hot dog.

We pick up the action with six players left. One player had a huge chip lead, and the other five, including Mark, were about even in chips. The chip leader had already won a seat in the main event in a previous supersatellite, so assuming that he held on to survive in this one, he would be given $10,000 in cash.

At this point, nobody wanted to walk away with merely a hot dog. One of the players suggested this deal: The five short-stacked players would take the five seats, and each would pay the chip leader $2,200. Naturally, the chip leader didn't object, as he figured to pick up an extra $1,000 this way. End of tournament.

The tournament director was summoned, and the players all shook hands, congratulating each other. When the tournament director arrived, he was told of the agreement. He approved, but then asked the dealer why a deal had been struck while a hand was in progress. Unbeknownst to the players, the dealer had dealt out the next hand in the midst of the negotiations. The director stated that this hand had to play (hmm…), and that the deal could be concluded after the hand.

Now, I wasn't there, but it would seem to me that just tossing in the cards facedown would have safely ended things. But then we wouldn't have a story. Mark happens to look down at his cards, and, naturally, finds pocket aces. So, he puts in a big raise. The chip leader looks at his holding and finds the mighty A-K in the pocket. What can he do but move all in? Mark immediately calls (if he didn't do it immediately, this may not have happened). Naturally, the A-K wins and Mark busts out. Ketchup and mustard, please. Meanwhile, the winner of the pot is stacking his chips when he realizes that he just cost himself a grand by winning this big pot.

Gardena, California, sometime in the Dark Ages of poker (aka the '70s): This story was told to me by David Sklansky, and it took place in a high draw game called "jacks-back." In this game, there was an ante but no blinds, and the player to the left of the dealer acted first. Each player could either "open" or "pass." To open, you had to hold at least a pair of jacks in your hand, although it was legal to pass a strong hand if you opted not to open with it. If action went all the way around the table and nobody opened, the game became ace-to-five single-draw lowball, with the same cards.

These games featured a bad-beat jackpot, with a payout that often grew quite large. In order to qualify for the jackpot, you had to get aces full beat in the high hands, or you had to lose with a 6-4-3-2-A in lowball. In this particular situation, the stakes were $2-$4, and the jackpot had grown to several thousand dollars. The player who took the bad beat would get approximately 70 percent of the jackpot, while the player who won the hand would win the remaining 30 percent.

On the pivotal hand, the action was passed to the player next to the dealer. He looked down at the dream hand: 6-4-3-2-A. This was a no-lose situation. Nearly every time, he would win the pot, and if he was really lucky, somebody would make a wheel and he would win the jackpot.

This was contingent upon the button not having a hand with which he could open, of course. Much to the pat 6-4's chagrin, the button opened. Everyone folded around, and he showed his 6-4 in disgust. The button was now obliged to show his "openers," as players were not allowed to open on a bluff in this game. He stated, "I had a straight!" as he proudly turned over his A-2-3-4-5.

I find the first story really hard to believe. I just don't see that happening. Once the other guy went all in over the top you fold because why risk getting sucked out on a draw and losing the seat. He really had no benefit at all to staying in. Just seems absolutely made up to me.

The second one seems odd as the guy with the straight had a made hand for low ball so why not do that but maybe I am misunderstanding the difference between opening and not opening in his spot. Seems like you have an opportunity for more money by not opening and playing low ball with a hand that can't be beat.

 

[Steeler]

While we are on the subject of bad beats, this play cost me $500

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I was in 3rd place IIRC in a Draft Kings quarter jukebox tournament and that was the last play of the slate because that was the last playoff game of the week. After the play I dropped to ~14th place or something like that. So instead of $600 I ended up with $100.

 

[Runkle]

Cardplayer Magazine once called these the two worst bad-beats of all time. FYI, just for reference:

World Series of Poker, supersatellite, early '00s: This story was told to me by Mark Tenner, co-owner of Card Player Cruises and co-author of Winning Omaha/8 Poker (does this guy do anything by himself?). Mark was playing in a supersatellite at Binion's Horseshoe to try to win a seat in the championship event. In a super, one seat is awarded for every $10,000 in the prize pool. In this particular super, the prize pool was $50,000. So, the final five players would get seats, and sixth place would win a hot dog.

We pick up the action with six players left. One player had a huge chip lead, and the other five, including Mark, were about even in chips. The chip leader had already won a seat in the main event in a previous supersatellite, so assuming that he held on to survive in this one, he would be given $10,000 in cash.

At this point, nobody wanted to walk away with merely a hot dog. One of the players suggested this deal: The five short-stacked players would take the five seats, and each would pay the chip leader $2,200. Naturally, the chip leader didn't object, as he figured to pick up an extra $1,000 this way. End of tournament.

The tournament director was summoned, and the players all shook hands, congratulating each other. When the tournament director arrived, he was told of the agreement. He approved, but then asked the dealer why a deal had been struck while a hand was in progress. Unbeknownst to the players, the dealer had dealt out the next hand in the midst of the negotiations. The director stated that this hand had to play (hmm…), and that the deal could be concluded after the hand.

Now, I wasn't there, but it would seem to me that just tossing in the cards facedown would have safely ended things. But then we wouldn't have a story. Mark happens to look down at his cards, and, naturally, finds pocket aces. So, he puts in a big raise. The chip leader looks at his holding and finds the mighty A-K in the pocket. What can he do but move all in? Mark immediately calls (if he didn't do it immediately, this may not have happened). Naturally, the A-K wins and Mark busts out. Ketchup and mustard, please. Meanwhile, the winner of the pot is stacking his chips when he realizes that he just cost himself a grand by winning this big pot.

Gardena, California, sometime in the Dark Ages of poker (aka the '70s): This story was told to me by David Sklansky, and it took place in a high draw game called "jacks-back." In this game, there was an ante but no blinds, and the player to the left of the dealer acted first. Each player could either "open" or "pass." To open, you had to hold at least a pair of jacks in your hand, although it was legal to pass a strong hand if you opted not to open with it. If action went all the way around the table and nobody opened, the game became ace-to-five single-draw lowball, with the same cards.

These games featured a bad-beat jackpot, with a payout that often grew quite large. In order to qualify for the jackpot, you had to get aces full beat in the high hands, or you had to lose with a 6-4-3-2-A in lowball. In this particular situation, the stakes were $2-$4, and the jackpot had grown to several thousand dollars. The player who took the bad beat would get approximately 70 percent of the jackpot, while the player who won the hand would win the remaining 30 percent.

On the pivotal hand, the action was passed to the player next to the dealer. He looked down at the dream hand: 6-4-3-2-A. This was a no-lose situation. Nearly every time, he would win the pot, and if he was really lucky, somebody would make a wheel and he would win the jackpot.

This was contingent upon the button not having a hand with which he could open, of course. Much to the pat 6-4's chagrin, the button opened. Everyone folded around, and he showed his 6-4 in disgust. The button was now obliged to show his "openers," as players were not allowed to open on a bluff in this game. He stated, "I had a straight!" as he proudly turned over his A-2-3-4-5.

I find the first story really hard to believe. I just don't see that happening. Once the other guy went all in over the top you fold because why risk getting sucked out on a draw and losing the seat. He really had no benefit at all to staying in. Just seems absolutely made up to me.

The second one seems odd as the guy with the straight had a made hand for low ball so why not do that but maybe I am misunderstanding the difference between opening and not opening in his spot. Seems like you have an opportunity for more money by not opening and playing low ball with a hand that can't be beat.

That's what makes them the worst beats of all time. Even the winners lost for being dumb in the moment. And the second was a 2/4 limit game, not the best players lol

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

And that was it. I said "I've had enough of this ####!!!"

Nobody likes a quitter.

 

[Smack Tripper]

Almost 12 hours and no one has posted this, whats this world coming to?