Terrible beat

[thormx53]

Sometimes I hate poker, lol.

My buddy called me up and said he had a bunch of people playing a cash game, so I went. I show up, and got a great seat. Right after the maniacs and before the calling stations. I buy in for 15$ (as did everyone else, pot was 165$) and blinds were at $.25 and $.50. I play solidly for about 30 minutes and ran my stack up to 28$ (chip leader). Then came this hand.

I was in third position, and look down at 4d4c. I smooth call, and so do 3 others, and the big blind checks. The flop comes down Ah 4h 8d, giving me a set. BB checks, and I bet out $1.50. Everyone folds to the BB, who is a really loose-agressive player. He raises me 1.50$, and immediatly I put him on a flush draw, maybe Jack or Queen high. I don't want him to draw to it, so I raise him 5$ more, giving him the wrong pot odds to call (31% to hit, 5$ bet into an $11.50 pot). Being the loose player he is, he calls me in a second (strengthening my thought that he is drawing since he called so fast). The turn is the 8h, giving me 4's full of 8's, and 3 hearts on board. He checked, and I bet 5$. He raised me all in, which was 13$ more. I had him covered by a quarter, and I called almost immediately, knowing my hand was best. To my surprise, he flips over Ah 3c. Before the river came, one kid said he folded an Ace, and 2 other kids say they folded 8's, leaving him one out. The Ace of spades. About 2% to get that card.

I'm sure you call all guess what the river was. Should have won about 25$ that hand but instead I lost that much. Real tough beat.

He must have stepped in some shit tonight, because he hit a royal flush about 10 hands before this one (which is where he won all of his chips, it was a big pot).