Bad Beat Stories
Bad beat stories in online poker rooms and texas holdem games originates from that bad beats often leads to accusations and stories that the random number generator is "rigged", even though such bad beats also occur in offline games. Many online poker rooms post statistical data to demonstrate the randomness of the hands generated to avoid such things as a bad beat story.
A bad beat can easily make a player go tilt since it is a profound psychological blow and players react very differently with some keeping their cool and other, professional poker player Phil Hellmuth, among others, is notorious for his pronounced reactions to bad beats.
When you suffer a bad beat it means that the losing player was "getting the money in good" and in most times will win the pot. The more stoic poker players accept bad beats as an unpleasant but necessary drawback to a tactic that works the vast majority of the time.
Read our bad beat stories online and in live games, and if you have an own experience which you want to share please submit your bad beat story to us.
Hit by a bad beat
A few months ago I was on a big winning streak and doubled up the buy-in on a $1- $2 NL table. I was up over $400 when I got dealt 10 10, I was on the BB and the first player out just called and the others folded. Read more
A bad beat but good for me
This time I was the one who delivered the bad beat, a crazy hand that I will never forget. I have not played that much poker, but this time I played a small $3 tournament. Read more
Four of a kind
This bad beat happened to me during a tournament. The players at the tournament table were playing really aggressive and they were raising on almost every pre-flop. Read more
