a true bad beat

Now, most times, I don't consider a loss a bad beat. It's just poker.
But this one... wow!
I was just glad I wasn't in the hand.

The small blind made it $10 to go after 6 players limped in a 1/2 no limit game. Everyone called.

The flop came J, 6, 4, all clubs. The small blind bet $60.
Everyone folded to a middle position player, who raised to $125.
Everyone folded to the small blind.
He re-raised to $250.
The middle position player re-re-raised all-in (another $300).

Both players turned their cards up.

The small blind held A,J -- top pair, top kicker, without a club.
The middle position player held 44 -- flopped a set.

Then the final two cards were burned and turned: running 6s.

The winner: A,J makes 6s full of Jacks, while the flopped set of 4s -- which turned into 4s full of 6s on the turn -- ended up as 6s full of 4s. A loser.

OUCH!!

As one of the other spectators observed, "AJ wasn't just behind. He was behind two zip codes!"