I wouldn't say that was that bad of a beat. The guy flopped a nut flush draw and a gutshot nut straight draw. He had business being in the hand, especially since there wasnt any strong play demonstrated by any player before the river (a bet and a call). Nothing gave the impression that someone had flopped a boat, he figured at best trips, which if either of his 12 outs hit he had beat, or maybe 2 pair, which gave him another 3 outs with aces. Its definately an unfortunate situation to be in, flopping a boat and wind up being against a Royal Flush, but it wasnt a bad beat because the guy played the hand exactly the way he should of. He was allowed to draw for cheaply due to the passive play before the river, and he caught his hand. Definately still sucks to be at the end of that though...
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