My Worst Bad Beat EVER

I have done some nasty things to people on the river, but I think this hand takes the cake and this time I was the victim. Maybe it's payback.

I was playing in the deep stack at the Islands. You get 20,000 chips to start. I had 26,000 or so after the dinner break and was doing well. The blinds were 200-400 with 50 ante. The first person to enter the pot (never found out what he had) made it 1100 to go and four more people joined in the fun before it got to me on the button. I had 10-7 clubs and thought my pot odds were pretty good so I joined in too.

The flop came 9-3-2 - all clubs! I flopped a 10-high flush. Yippee! The first three players (including the original raiser) all checked. The guy next to me goes all-in for 18,000. Gulp. I had already decided to push all-in myself if it was checked to me so that bigger 1-card flush draws would go away, but now I wondered if this guy didn't have a bigger flush already.

I thought maybe he had A-K with the ace of clubs or A-Q ditto. I also thought he might have re-raised before the flop if he had either of those hands. I was just determined that my flush was good and I had him covered (barely) so I called. He turned over - are you ready? Two red fours. OMG. This was the last hand on earth I expected him to have and I quite frankly told him so, which I believe caused my own demise.

The turn was a deuce. The river was a deuce. Full house for Mr. Red Fours. Quite honestly, I am still speechless. I was crippled. I lasted about another hour and went all-in with 6-6 to get called by K-K and my night was over. It was horrific and EVERYONE at the table was amazed by the hand and totally sympathized with me (except of course the guy who beat me). OMG. I might never get over this one and I will certainly never forget it. Wow.