OK, so it's not REALLY poker, but the worst beat possible in Pai Gow is nonetheless interesting and here for completeness. If you are dealt a royal flush with a pair of kings, using the bug (joker) to complete your royal, it is possible for you to still lose! The dealer has one way to beat you: with a royal flush of the suit of the remaining king, plus the case aces. There is only one way to make this hand.
omaha (high)
If we combine this situation with the worst pre-flop heads-up situation where the underdog still has outs to win, we get the worst possible bad beat possible in omaha. I'm not yet 100% sure this is the worst possible beat in omaha, but it's the best I've come up with so far.
seven-card stud
The worst possible bad beat on the end in 7-card stud is a situation in which the only way the underdog can win by getting one perfect card, while the favorite also catches the only card in the deck that does not improve their hand. Here's one such situation (from Perry Friedman) where the underdog has to catch the only remaining ace while the favorite catches the five of spades:
seven-card hi/lo 8-or-better
The worst possible beat in seven-stud hi/lo is similar to that of seven-card stud hi-only in that it's also 755:1.
five-card stud
Similarly to seven-card stud, a five-card stud bad beat occurs where one player catches perfect while the other catches their loser. Here's an example (from Tom Weideman) where the underdog has to catch the case king while the favorite has to catch the only remaining deuce:
Now that's a bad beat and a half. Assuming that you are playing the common version of Pai Gow where the dealer shows one card, and you see the dealer has one of the required cards to beat you, the odds of the other 6 cards being exactly what the dealer needs are 1 in 7,059,052.
If you are playing a version of Judi Slot Online where you don't see one dealer card, the odds of the dealer beating you are much worse -- an astronomical 1 in 45,379,620.
If you play Pai Gow for long enough, you will eventually get beaten this way. But you would have to play for an extremely long time.
interesting sidelines
In compiling this list, I've come across some interesting scenarios. These are questions to exercise your knowledge. You should be able to independently verify your answers, but if you have questions you can e-mail me (address on the left).
In Omaha hi-only, is a huge favorite (EV of 0.879) over . Out of the 1,086,008 possible boards, the two hands tie on just 900 (0.08%) of them. What boards do they tie on?
new world rps champion crowned
The world has a new Rock-Paper-Scissors champion!
The man who did win -- and netted himself a purse of C$5,000 ($3,825) -- was Toronto's Rob Krueger, a member of the team "Legion of the Red Fist."
To achieve the lofty title of World RPS Champion, he threw a combination of rock-paper-paper, defeating his opponent's offering of three rocks.
(thanks, MZ!)
For those of you who haven't incorporated RPS into your daily lives, I highly recommend it. Very useful for settling bills, determining who gets the door, who drives to the movies, making decisions, and really any situation that needs a binary outcome. The suggested usage is to play best 2 out of 3 which introduces an element of skill.
