“That’s a sick beat.”
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In a very real way, it was not. Phillips had already made a straight after the turn. Mabuchi only had three aces at that point. Mabuchi was behind before the river.
So, Mabuchi is sitting with trip Aces, which is a pretty strong hand.
Phillips has a Flush draw, which is hard enough, but a royal flush draw ?
Mabuchi hits the quads ?
WOW
Mabuchi may have been able to push him off the hand earlier, but we don’t see their plays.
It’s still a sick beat.
BTW, a few years ago I played real money Texas Hold-em online.
I would play small stakes tournaments.
In one tournament of 35 players, I hit quads 4 times.
I knew then that the whole thing was rigged.