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Poker player folds quads in Texas Card House carnage

Down at the Texas Card House this week, one player got the win of his poker life as he made an opponent fold flopped quad fours to leave the entire cash game table stunned.

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The Texas Card House played host to one of the most incredible hands of poker you’ll see this year last night. Two players became embroiled in a see-saw battle of wits, both thinking they were trapping the other. Playing out on a World Poker Tour livestream, the hands shocked viewers and players at the table when the best hand by a mile threw his hand away.

Two players, ‘Spooky’ and ‘QQQ’ clashed at the felt in the Dallas venue of the Texas Card House last night in a cash game hand that may rank as the worst fold ever made at the live poker felt. Four hours into the livestreamed action, a player called Ryan raised to $150 with A♡3♠ before Spooky called with pocket sixes. Another player, Zak, called with 9♣8♣ while QQQ, who was the straddle player, also clicked call with pocket fours.

The flop was a stunning one, coming 6♡4♡4♠, giving Spooky a full house of sixes over fours and QQQ quad fours. All four players in the hand checked to the A♣ turn and 3♡ river before QQQ bet $400. Ryan called with aces and threes for two pair but Spooky’s raise to $1,300 pushed him off the pot. QQQ re-raised to $2,400 but Spooky shoved all-in for $7,565.

The only hands that could beat QQQ were 7♡5♡ or 5♡2♡ yet to everyone’s amazement, QQQ threw away quad fours face up, only to be shown the bad news but a gleeful Spooky.

Watch the hand in full here:

Was it the worst fold in poker history?

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Poker history is littered with examples of players making incredible folds that look foolish the moment they have been made. Many have had more far-reaching consequences but was QQQ’s throwing away of quad fours at the Texas Card House the worst ever?

Back in 2021, Ryan Leng made an amazing fold when he folded to Dan ‘Jungleman’ Cates in the latter stages of the $50,000-entry Poker Players Championship. Leng, who only had to toss in a big blind to commit Cates’s stack, let Jungle back in the fight and incredibly, Cates worked his way back into the game and eventually took home the Chip Reese trophy before winning it the following year too.

The science of making a massive hero call or hero fold is something that GTO Wizard and other poker strategy tools are only scratching the surface of. There may be another factor in the reasons that QQQ was able to let go of a hand many commented on X would be something they found impossible to consider. While TCH Dallas has a massive $25,000 bad beat jackpot, only a straight flush being the losing hand qualifies.

By the end of the session, Spooky had amassed a massive $14,600 profit, while QQQ banked $3,600. It could have been so different.