You'd think this term would be self explanatory - you have a good hand and somebody stays in the pot with a hand that has less value and eventually completes his hand to beat you. That's the true definition, but in poker, people often use the term to describe any episode where they've lost a hand, regardless of their own strength.
A hand that is a favorite that is defeated by a lucky draw.
np. Having a great hand, playing it well, but still losing, such as a full house falling to four-of-a-kind. Bad beats are more maddening if your opponent sucked out.
When a substantial favorite is outdrawn by a large underdog, the player is said to have taken a Bad Beat. Also, when a very strong hand is beaten by an even stronger hand, this is sometimes called a Bad Beat. Poker Rooms sometimes have Bad Beat jackpots set up to reward players in the latter scenario.
This term refers to when a player looses with a very good hand. For example, in Omaha when one player has a Full House and looses a big pot to a Four of a Kind, that player is said to have had a "Bad Beat."
When a player holding a very good hand is beaten by a hand that is statistically very unlikely.
To lose with a great hand.
When a huge hand is beaten by an underdog with an improbable draw, usually on the last card. To take one is to be "sucked out on," to have lost to a lucky maniac.
When a strong hand is beaten by a hand that had very little chance of winning.
Having high expectations of winning a pot and ending up losing, especially when you have an unusually strong hand but are beaten by an even stronger one.
When you are great favored to win, but loose to a much worse hand.
An event in which a player with a high expectation of winning the pot loses. This expectation may be based on having an unusually strong hand beaten by an even stronger one, or by having an opposing player make an extremely unlikely draw. "Bad beat stories" are frequent topics of conversation at poker tables. Lou Krieger started a tradition among some players of charging $1 to listen to one. In some casinos there is a "bad beat jackpot" awarded to a player who suffers a particular beat, for example, having four of a kind beaten.
To lose a good hand to a lucky draw.
When a poker player with a superior hand loses to another player drawing to a hand with bad odds.
a situation where a good hand is defeated by a still better hand
A Bad Beat occurs when you are considered the heavy favorite to win in a particular Hand, only to lose to an opponent that was considered as a severe underdog to win, statistically speaking.
When a lucky hand beats a strong hand.
A hand that loses to an opponent who gets very lucky, expecially when the opponent should not even have played his hand.
this refers to losing a hand when you were the strong odds favorite to win. i.e. - an example of a bad beat would be holding pocket Aces against a player holding pocket 2's, and your opponent ends up beating you by hitting another 2 on the last card. Visit the Play-By-Play Examples to view an example of a bad beat.
This is when a hand that is a huge underdog to another wins, especially if it wins on the river. For example if you have pocket aces and someone with pocket fives calls to river and catches a five this is a bad beat. This could also be said of a hand that huge but loses to an even bigger hand.
'It was the worst bad beat ever!': When a player that is hugely favorite gets beaten by the underdog. You will hear about hundreds of these throughout your poker career as generally they are hard to forget when they happen to you.
When one player loses to another, when they were executing well. This usually happens when one player is winning the hand the whole time, and another manages to pull of a better hand on the last card or cards.
This is when a favored hand is beaten by a lucky chance in a lower hand.
When a big hand is beaten by a longshot.
losing a hand that you were a (big) favorite to win, " I suffered a really bad beat when I moved all-in with my pocket aces and John hit his runner-runner flush."
being beaten by a hand that had a low chance of winning and you were sure you could win.
To have a heavily favored poker hand beaten by a large underdog. It is generally used to imply that the winner of the pot should not have been in the pot at all, and it was the wildest of luck that he managed to catch the very few cards in the deck that would win the pot.
A hand that a player loses where the odds were good that they should have won. Also known as a ‘bad break’.
When a player has the best hand but is beaten by an unlucky draw. It's worth remembering that poker has an element of luck, and no matter how good a player you are, any pre-flop hand can be beaten by any other hand after the flop.
This is a when the losing player had the better odds earlier in the hand.
Basically - the luck of the draw. A “Bad Beat” is when a hand that is the huge underdog gets very lucky and catches the one card that wins the pot against a highly favored hand. Usually used when the winner had no real business being in the pot to begin with.
When a player loses the hand because the other player got very lucky. For example, in No Limit Holdem, two players get all of their money in and one player is holding pocket Aces and the other player is holding pocket threes. The river card is a three giving the player with the weaker starting hand the winning hand and giving the player with the best starting hand a bad beat.
When you have a big hand beaten by another player who got their longshot draw.
A bad beat is a loss in which the losing player had better odds than the winning player earlier in the hand. To take a bad beat means to be on the losing end of a bad beat; to lay a bad beat means to be on the winning end of a bad beat. In general, the term is used when all the chips go in the pot when the losing player had odds.
When a player makes his draw out of little percentage chances and you lose a large amount of your chips.
when a player bets with the best hand and is beaten by an unlikely draw, he is said to have suffered from a "bad beat."
When a favored hand is beaten by an underdog. (e.g. Your ace-high flush is beaten by a full house that was caught on the river.)
An acronym used to describe a hand that ended with a bad beat.
losing your winning hand to a long shot as more cards are dealt eg losing a set to a straight on the river card
If you are beaten by a very low hand
When someone is overwhelmingly the favorite to win a hand, and yet lose it.
A high valued hand such as a full house that is beaten by a higher hand. Others define a bad beat as a respectable hand that is beaten by a hand that had very small chances of winning and, possibly was not justified to have been in the pot in the first place.
A hand that normally would not be beaten but is by another player's good luck
When a hand is beaten by a lucky draw.
This is a common term for when you have a really good hand and are beaten by a better hand.
An instance when a player, who has a good hand, loses to a player taking a Long Shot, hoping for better cards on the Turn or River.
When a massive underdog hand beats a better hand, particularly if it wins on the river. The term can also be applied to a big hand that loses to an even bigger hand.
When a strong starting hand is beaten by a lucky hand.
All poker players have their favorite "bad beat" stories to tell but do you what it means? A "Bad Beat" is when a winning hand loses, usually because the player amazingly misplayed it.
A strong hand that loses when an opponent has been very lucky and often when they should have folded their hand earlier on.
An unlucky turn which causes a player that was leading to lose.
To have a hand that is a large underdog beat a heavily favored hand. It is generally used to imply that the winner of the pot had no business being in the pot at all, and it was the wildest of luck that he managed to catch the one card in the deck that would win the pot. We won't give any examples; you will hear plenty of them during your poker career.
To be a heavy favourite in a hand and lose to an opponent who was a severe underdog statistically speaking.
A bad beat is when another player beats an amazing hand. For example, player one has a flush and decided to go all in. Then player 2 goes all in as well and pulls out a royal flush and wins the entire pot. Player one is left with nothing and left with a beat bad with a great hand.
When one player is beaten by another player who got lucky. Bad Beat implies that one player had a superior hand and by looking at the odds, should have won, but did not due to another player getting really lucky.
Refers to when a player loses a pot when he was a clear favorite to win usually before the river.
This occurs when a Player with a good hand is beaten by a higher-ranking hand. For example, Player has Four of a Kind and is beaten by Player who has a Straight Flush. Player has the Bad Beat hand.
A hand that is a huge favourite to win, but loses nonetheless.
Losing a hand you were a huge favorite to win. This term is often overused, but everybody has a bad beat story or seven.
A hand being beat by another hand that had a very low percentage of becoming a winning hand.
When a huge hand is beaten by a better hand. Example: a full house gets beaten by a better full house.
When a strong hand that is favourite loses to a weaker one by being outdrawn.
Generally used in Hold'em, a bad beat is when a player with an inferior hand comes back and catches an unlikely card on the river to beat the hand that was ahead. An example of a bad beat would be as follows: Player 1 holds: A(C) A(H) Player 2 holds: 10(S) 10(H) Flop comes: 7(D) J(C) 2(D) Turn: Q(H) River: 10 (C) In this hand, Player 2 wins because he caught a lucky 10 on the River to make Three of a kind. Player 1's hand was a heavy favourite all the way through, but took a Bad Beat on the River.
this means that a solid hand is beat by a longshot draw.
the bane of every poker player's life: a fortuitous series of cards that turns your opponent's originally inferior hand into a winner
When two players go up against each other in the showdown. When one player makes a large bet and is confident with the strength of their cards and another player wins the pot with an even better hand. A bad beat can be devastating and totally take a player out of the game.
Losing a hand that is an overwhelming favorite to win.
When a good hand is beat by a longshot draw.
An underdog hand that wins the pot.
Loosing a hand unluckily. Usually involves a heavy commitment of chips when winning by a large margin, only to be beaten by an unlikely combination of cards.
When a strong hand is outdrawn by a weaker hand, considered to be held by a player who got lucky
when a hand is lost with a hand that usually would win.
an improbable loss, such as losing with a very strong hand or losing to someone's long-shot draw.
A wager that loses unexpectedly.
When a strong hand that’s expected to win is beaten by another that had low odds. Example: Four of a kind beaten by a straight flush.
You must lose to qualify for the Bad-Beat bonus. It typically occurs when you lose in a situation where you're the big favorite. It could also be when an on/off line casino offers bonuses for particular types of Bad-Beats.
Losing when you have a very strong hand, usually to a very unlikely draw on the last card.
When a player has the strongest initial hand but an opponent draws to a better hand to defeat him.
When a strong hand is beaten by a one that hits a lucky card to improve and beat you. Most players have dozens of bad beat stories to tell
To be a big favourite in a hand and then to lose to an opponent who was statistically an underdog.
You’re favourite to win and you get outdrawn by the underdog. It happens to the best of us, you just don’t want it at the final table.
A game you thought you had won and then lose.
An unlucky turn of events that causes a player to lose a usually strong hand
A typically strong hand that loses to an even stronger hand.
A very strong hand which is beaten by a stronger hand, most often by lucky cards on the turn and river.
when one hand is beaten by a lucky draw from another player.
When the best starting hand loses to a worse hand that is a bad beat. It is important that you do not get into the habit of telling bad beat stories. Nobody wants to hear about how the fish got lucky and beat your pocket aces with his pocket deuces.
a top quality hand, usually better than a full house, that loses to an even better hand.
To be the obvious favourite in a hand and none the less lose to an opponent statistically considered the underdog.
A hand that is a large favorite losing to a longshot. Pocket aces losing to pocket queens would be an example.
When the odds were stacked against the other player and he won anyway.
When a player with a weaker hand, hits a fluke card to beat a far superior hand.
When an Underdog hand takes the pot.
When a strong hand is beaten by a heavy underdog through a series of unfortunate events.
A hand that would normally win the pot which is defeated by a better hand
when a stronger starting hand is beaten by a weak one. Play poker for long enough and you will have a few stories of your own. Hint: no one wants to hear them.
A hand in which the winning player was an underdog prior to winning the hand.
This is a common term used for when a player has a really good hand and still is beaten by a better hand. Expekt.com and some other poker rooms offer jackpot prizes for the best BAD BEAT hand, i.e. the best losing hand.
to be a heavy favorite in a hand and lose to an opponent who was a severe underdog statically speaking.
Different people seem to feel differently about what counts as a bad beat. One thing is certain: you have to lose the hand. What makes the beat bad? Maybe one or all of the following: you lose in a situation where you're a very big favorite; you lose with a hand you couldn't possibly have been expected to fold; you lose so improbably you feel compelled to tell the story multiple times; you lose to a player who couldn't have beat you without misplaying the hand (but who was astoundingly lucky); you lose in a way that seemed inconceivable until you saw it happen; or more than two experienced players at your table say, "ouch."
A situation in which a superior hand is beaten by a weaker starting hand that catches a lucky card to win.
A good hand that is beaten by an even better one, usually through a lucky draw of cards by the winner.
The situation in which a very strong hand is beaten by an even stronger hand.
When a very strong hand is beaten by a weaker one. Also know as a "Suck Out."
Losing under unusual circumstances
A hand that is a big favourite to win, beaten by a hand that was very unlikely to win.
A hand that loses to an opponent who gets very lucky. Made even worse if an opponent played the hand badly and should not have been in the pot in the first place. Good players tend to get more than a few bad beats when playing beginner players which can be very frustrating and expensive.
a tough loss; that is, when winning points are scored against a wager in the dying seconds of an event; when a horse loses by a nose after leading all the way; or when an obvious underdog poker hand beats a heavily favored hand. The usual reaction of the loser is to mumble something about dumb luck to the winner.
Losing even though you were dealt a great hand.
To have a potentially winning hand that is beaten by an underdogâ€(tm)s lucky draw.
When your very good hand is beaten by a weaker hand that should not have been played.
When a good hand gets beaten by a lucky draw.
This term refers to a heavy favorite in a hand who loses to an opponent who was a severe underdog statistically speaking.
When a hand that is a large pre-flop or flop favourite looses.
What most sports bettors call a losing bet. See "Wondrous Win".
When a seemingly losing hand beats a highly-favored hand. A classic underdog story.
When you have a very strong hand and expect to win, but are beaten by a luckier hand. Read more about bad beats and bad beat jackpots.
A losing wager owing more to misfortune, unfortunate circumstances or sheer terrible luck than poor handicapping or analysis.
To be the obvious favourite in a hand who loses to an opponent statistically considered the underdog.
A bet you had made on a game thinking you had won the bet and then you lose.
In poker, "bad beat" is a subjective term for a hand in which a player who had what appeared to be strong cards nevertheless loses. There is no consensus among poker players as to what exactly constitutes a bad beat, and often players will disagree about whether a particular hand was a bad beat.