Aces cracked by quads
Replay of pocket aces getting cracked by quad eights: a textbook cooler where an overpair runs into a flopped set that turns quads.
PokerStars Hand #241000000010: Hold'em No Limit ($1/$2 USD) - 2024/02/02 19:12:00 ET Table 'Cassiopeia' 6-max Seat #2 is the button Seat 1: Hero ($300 in chips) Seat 2: Villain ($300 in chips) Seat 3: Nit ($300 in chips) Seat 4: Reg ($300 in chips) Seat 5: Fish ($300 in chips) Seat 6: TAG ($300 in chips) Nit: posts small blind $1 Reg: posts big blind $2 *** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to Hero [Ah As] Fish: folds TAG: folds Hero: raises $4 to $6 Villain: calls $6 Nit: folds Reg: calls $4 *** FLOP *** [Ks 8d 3c] Reg: checks Hero: bets $12 Villain: calls $12 Reg: folds *** TURN *** [Ks 8d 3c] [8s] Hero: bets $34 Villain: raises $66 to $100 Hero: calls $66 *** RIVER *** [Ks 8d 3c 8s] [3h] Hero: checks Villain: bets $150 Hero: calls $150 *** SHOW DOWN *** Hero: shows [Ah As] (two pair, Aces and Eights) Villain: shows [8h 8c] (four of a kind, Eights) Villain collected $543 from pot *** SUMMARY *** Total pot $543 | Rake $0 Board [Ks 8d 3c 8s 3h] Seat 1: Hero showed [Ah As] and lost with two pair, Aces and Eights Seat 2: Villain (button) showed [8h 8c] and won ($543) with four of a kind, Eights
The takeaway
A cooler is not a mistake. Hero's aces are ahead preflop, run into a flopped set, and the turn fills Villain up to quads. Recognizing when you are simply beat is part of reading the hand.
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