If you ever see an angry poker player carrying on and throwing a fit about a hand, you can generally assume this player has taken a bad beat. Bad beat is a poker term referring to having a strong dominating hand lose to a much weaker hand held by another player.
If youve read my previous uplifting article about bad beat jackpots, you might be excited about the possibility of experiencing a large bad beat in a brick-and-mortar casino, but most players hope they can defy the laws of the universe and never have to experience bad beat poker.
It doesnt matter whether youre playing online poker or brick-and-mortar poker, players are constantly getting frustrated and complaining about bad beats. If I had a dollar for every bad beat story Ive heard in my life, I wouldnt be sitting here playing a $20 online multi-table tournament; Id be vacationing at the beach.
Generally its the better and more experienced players who are amazed at losing to large underdog hands. Newer players often dont realize the odds of a bad beat poker hand like pushing all in with AdJc and miraculously beating AsKs by spiking a Jack on the river.
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