Poker Quad

John Juanda folded quads at the final table of a recent high-stakes poker tournament. As it turns out, the 47-year-old poker pro made the wrong fold, as his opponent was bluffing.

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• Quads – Four cards of the same rank, frequently referred to as “four of a kind.”. Poker hands can be ranked in strength from the weakest hand, seven high, to the strongest, a royal flush. Near the top of these rankings, just below a royal flush, and above a full house, is four of a kind, which is also known as “quads.”.

Juanda held 66 for quad sixes on a board reading AA6A6, but was in danger of losing to a higher four-of-a-kind hand. He ultimately decided to fold his hand to Sergey Lebedev, who was playing the board with his KJ.

While Juanda incorrectly folded his four sixes, he managed to bounce back to win the tournament for a $613,600 payday. Juanda now has career live tournament earnings of more than $24.7 million.

The tournament in question was the $250,000 HKD ($31,866 USD) buy-in short-deck no-limit hold’em event. It attracted a total of 65 entrants, building a prize pool worth more than $1.9 million USD.

Check out a video clip of the wild hand that Triton Poker posted to their Twitter account below:

BLUFFEDOFFQUADS!!
Sergey Lebedev makes John Juanda fold Quads holding just a King, playing the board by representing the Ace in the HKD 250k Short Deck Ante-Only event!
Tune in to #TritonMontenegro2019 now: https://t.co/YD58raNsrvpic.twitter.com/jYJJbahJFf

— Triton Poker (@tritonpoker) May 15, 2019

In short-deck hold’em the deuces through fives of all suits are removed from the deck, which does result in quads being slightly less improbable, even through they are still quite rare.

Although Lebedev bluffed Juanda off of the best hand in this particular spot, he ultimately was eliminated in fifth place for $162,500 USD.

Peter Jetten finished fourth for $210,600 USD. This was his fourth final-table finish of the past week, all of which came in high-stakes events at the Triton Poker Super High Roller Series Montenegro. Jetten has cashed for over $1.9 million USD in the series, with his largest score being for more than $1.2 million, which he earned as the third-place finisher in the $1 million HKD ($127,465 USD) buy-in main event.

Jetten earned 252 Card Player Player of the Year points for his latest score. With six final-table finishes so far in 2019 and more than $4.1 million in year-to-date earnings, Jetten now sits in 16th place in the POY race standings, which are sponsored by Global Poker.

Wai Yong finished third for $279,500 USD. This was his seventh career cash, and it brought his lifetime earnings to more than $3.3 million. With Yong’s elimination, Juanda took 10.5 million into heads-up play against Canadian poker pro Daniel Dvoress, who sat with just shy of 9 million in chips.

The two battled it out for around 30 minutes before the final hand of the tournament was dealt. Dvoress picked up the AA and raised to 750,000 on the button. Juanda called with the QJ and the board came down K108 to give Juanda a flush, which beats even a full house in short deck poker.

Dvoress had an overpair and the nut flush draw, but would only make the best hand by the river 13 percent of the time, given that the 2,3,4, and 5 have all been removed from the deck, and the 9 would give Juanda a straight flush.

Juanda checked on the flop, Dvoress bet 500,000 and Juanda called. The turn was the K and both players checked. The 8 completed the board and Juanda checked a third time. Dvoress bet 1,500,000. Juanda moved all-in, having Dvoress covered. Dvoress went deep into the tank, and then made the call before being shown the bad news.

Dvoress took home $410,800 USD for his second-place finish. This was his eighth final table of the year, with more than $3.8 million in cashes along the way. He now sits in 12th place in the POY standings.

Here is a look at the payouts and POY points awarded at the final table:

Winner photo: Joe Giron / Poker Photo Archive.

Just like standard video poker, the player is dealt 5 cards. To make quads, you must have 3 of a kind and the remaining 2 cards must add up to total the same value as 1 of the 3 like cards. For example, if a player has a 7 of hearts, a 7 of spades and a 7 of clubs, in order to win, the player must get 2 cards that total 7 such as a 5 (of any suit) and a 2 (of any suit).

As we mentioned earlier, the ace is low when used in a quad and is valued as 1 point. The rules do not allow a player to make quads aces. The player does have the choice of keeping a 3 of a kind or even a natural 4 of a kind as those will still pay out just like in a standard video poker game.

The best possible Quick Quads Poker hand is 3 10s, a 9 and an ace (all of any suit). The list below is the shows how each quads hand ranks:

10 10 10 8 2

10 10 10 6 4

9 9 9 8 A

9 9 9 6 3

8 8 8 7 A

8 8 8 5 3

7 7 7 6 A

7 7 7 4 3

6 6 6 4 2

5 5 5 4 A

4 4 4 3 A

3 3 3 2 A

But this is just in the case of building quads, and payouts favor 2, 3 and 4 ranks quads as there are fewer combinations to make these quads.

As for the rest of the game play, it follows regular poker. The game still contains flushes, straights, full houses and pairs. We have ranked the hands below for your convenience:

Straight Flush

5 cards in consecutive order all of the same suit. For example 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 all of spades.

Odds Of Flopping Quads

4 of a Kind

4 cards all of the same rank. In a 52 card deck, it will have one of each suit.

Full House

Poker Quads

2 cards of matching rank along with 3 matching cards of a different match rank. For example 2 7s and 3 8s.

Poker Quads Odds

Straight

5 cards in consecutive order with different suits.

2 Pair

A set of 2 cards of matching rank along with a second set of 2 cards with a different matching rank. For example 2 6s and 2 5s.

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Another aspect of the game is that there are different variations of Quick Quads. Variations include Jacks or Better, Bonus Poker, Double Bonus, Triple Bonus Plus. Each has some minor differences in the way the game is played. Some simply add a new rule or enhancement, for instance, Jacks or Better would require a minimum of a pair of jacks to win. Games with bonuses require certain hands to pay out higher bonuses.