Were you all in preflop with your AK spades? If not you put your money into the pot when both Q8 of spades and 78 of spades were beating you, giving you the 3rd nuts. Very unlucky and most people would lose their money aswell, but not a bad beat if you put money in a pot your were losing.

This is a bad beat. Playing in a .5/$1 blind NL game I reraised to $10 preflop holding AKS and got 1 cold caller.

Flop came down 886 and I made a $10 continuation bet. The guy went all in which was only an extra $8 to me so I called thinking I was getting odds, maybe he had pocket 9s - Qs.

The turn and river were both kings and he flipped over 86.

I didn't give him any sympathy I told him it served him right for calling such a big raise with shit cards!

Ok.. here is what happened basically. I'm UTG and pick up AK suited. I smooth call (a huge mistake) thinking that theres 8 or so more people left to act and it was generally a loose table so I would get a raise, but no the Chip leader (who just aquired the chip leadership over me by taking someones money last hand) called and the BB checked.

Then the flop was of course 9 10 J of spades. At this point im thinking there will be people bluffing a flush or a straight, since it was a loose table. The chip leader bet, the BB raised, we both called him.

Turn was an A, I bet money, the chip leader called the BB folded. River was another A. I'm thinking theres no way the guy stayed in with A and a pair, after all that madness. He bets, i double it and he immediatly goes all in. I have no choice but to call (pot committed). And he turns it over.

Always raise with AK... let me tell ya... I have a couple of other horror stories with AK suited too but I wont get into them.