a bad beat for the ages...
i'm sure you've all got a story like this one.

this was a friendly home game. tourney style. $20 buy-in, no rebuys. i'm sitting with about $35 in chips when i get suited A-J Clubs.

i'm on the button so when it comes around, i re-raise hard. a few drop out at this point but four people pay the 300 chips to see the flop.

the flop comes 6-8-9 of clubs. i flopped the nut flush. i raise. two people fold. my buddy's neophyite girlfriend calls me.

the next card is a King of Clubs. she checks. i bet hard. she calls me. again.

the river is a two of hearts. i go all in. she calls me.

now, i'm thinking that she had trips or she hit her flush on fourth street. i've got this so in the bag.

'i've got the nut flush. what do you have?'

'i've got a straight flush...'

bitch was holding 5-7 of clubs! and she called 300 pre-flop!!

after i picked up my jaw off the floor, i proceeded home.