Bad Beat

A bad beat is a hand where a player whose hand was highly favored is beaten in an improbable turn of events. The boundary between a regular beat and a bad one varies from player to player. Usually, one says that if a hand wins whose chances of winning were around 5-10%, then this was a bad beat, or if a player wins by hitting two perfect cards.

Here is an example of a bad beat in Texas Hold'em:

Player A	Player B

Flop	Turn	River

Player A has a straight on the flop, B just a pair of nines. But on the river, B wins with a full house. The chances that B would win given the flop are around 7.8%.


Related Topics:

Suckout, Cooler, Cold Deck, Draw