Quads on the River Cracks ‘Mintzy’s’ Set of Aces for Gross Bad Beat at WSOP

Ben Mintz, aka “Mintzy,” on Tuesday, took one of many dirtiest dangerous beats we have seen all summer season on the 2025 World Collection of Poker (WSOP).

The Barstool Sports activities persona, because of a one-outer on the river, is out of Occasion #75: $1,000 Mini Fundamental Occasion on Day 2. He earned a small money however was devastated by the way wherein he exited the match.

Tough Solution to Go Out

Mintzy picked up pocket aces in a hand, a welcome sight for the short-stacked participant attempting to construct a stack to make a run on the remaining desk in a ten,794-entrant discipline. He’d get these aces all-in preflop towards a bigger-stacked opponent holding pocket eights. The flop got here out Okay♦8♦A♦, giving each gamers a set.

The flip was the ten♥, leaving his opponent drawing to only one out, and the 8♥ on the river gave Mintzy’s opponent quads for a one-outer. That despatched the College of Mississippi sports activities fanatic to the rail in 654th place for $2,790, practically thrice his buy-in. However nonetheless a brutal method to bust from the match.

Mintz, who now has over $670,000 in reside match cashes, in accordance with The Hendon Mob, confirmed emotion following the dangerous beat in a quick video he posted on X. He informed his followers that “you possibly can’t do any higher than getting it in with aces pre.”

“I do not even know if I’ve ever seen that earlier than,” the veteran poker participant stated of the dangerous beat. “I’ve positively by no means taken one like that. However, on the attitude stuff, I used to be short-stacked anyway. so, I imply, I am unable to actually complain an excessive amount of. I imply, I am thrilled to catch two aces and get it in there.”

Mintz, a co-host of the previous Cracking Aces poker podcast, a Barstool Sports activities manufacturing, is taking one other shot at a bracelet by getting into Occasion #78: $600 PokerNews Deepstack Championship on Day 1. Final yr’s PokerNews-branded match attracted 5,110 entrants and was conquered by Hector Berry for $282,876.

Barstool Sports activities followers, aka “Stoolies,” can observe Mintzy’s run within the PokerNews Deepstack Championship by way of PokerNews reside reporting protection all through the match.

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