Quads Fever!
One of the most beautiful moments in poker: knowing that you have collected the four cards of the same kind. Catching ‘four of a kind’ or ‘quads’ is however not something you’ll experience every day. Lets have a look at the common odds of getting this wonderful pokerhand:
- on the flop with paired hole cards: 0,245 % (once in about 407 times)
- on the flop with unpaired hole cards: 0,01 % (once in about 19 599 times)
- on the turn (after having made a set on the flop): 2,12 % (once in about 46 times)
- on the river (after having made a set on the flop or turn): 2,17 % (once in about 45 times)
- running on turn and river: 0,09 % (once in about 1080 times)
As you see, it won’t happen too much. That’s why the fact of me catching quads THREE times in the past four days is so remarkable 
. I made some shots for you:
Here I flopped a set (7.7:1, 11,5%) in a limped pot which I betted right there. I was called on the flop and again on the turn after a bet (by the BB). On the river I checked to induce a bluff from my opponent (who possibly missed his flushdraw and could perceive the pairing 7 as a scare card for me). He indeed made a move but folded after my reraise (ofcourse I would have looked like a monkey when he didn’t bet and I showed quads).
Two days later I just flopped quad kings ^^. As you can see, Q high paid me off till the river, while I was hoping he had a 7 hehe.
Finally, I was playing a multi-table tournament on Ultimate Bet (where I return now and then because of their awesome reload bonuses, playing as ‘Bluffalo9′). Again I flopped a set and check-called this time. On the turn my opponent betted again, I shoved him all-in, he called and I smiled at his shiny Jack.
So I guess my odds of getting quads are like 0,0 % in the next couple of days 
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Tags: flopping quads, four of a kind, induce the bluff, odds of getting quads