Terrible beat

[HPG ADMIN]

"pocket 9's. Flop comes down 10 3 4 rainbow. dealer puts me all in. I smell weakness, and call him. As I turn my cards over I say " I know you don't have 10s, small pockets?".

That was just bad luck. It was good that you were smart enough to read that he didn't have the 10. If the flop was K-4-3 then it would be different because he could have A-K, K-Q, K-J. With the 10 high fklop, the only hands that make sense that would beat you there are A-10 or K-10s.