but to the person sitting next to me today at an Omaha game.

This person flopped the nut low and six high straight. On the turn, he hit his flush and on the river he got his full house. The bad beat???

He received 1/6 of the pot.

Oh yes, it's happened to me before as I'm sure to most anyone playing Omaha (I'm referring to the 1/6th part, but I don't think I ever remember improving my hand on each flip of the cards and getting paid 1/6 of the pot.

But as we all hear, "that's poker"