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Bad beats are where you lose a hand at Texas Holdem - or any other poker game for that matter - when your hand said that you would be in the strongest position and you should win.
An example would be if you had pocket Aces and the flop was As Jh 7c. Now you would consider yourself to be in a very strong position with your triple aces at this point so you would probably raise (unless you decided the circumstances were right to "slow-play" the hand to milk the most out of your opponents).
You get called so you think - great, no bad beats here, this time I'm winning some money!
The turn is 2d which is good too, you don't think that there's any way a 2 could improve your opponent's hand, your opponent cannot have a straight or flush draw so surely you're winning.
Pay day!
The river shows 7h which is almost perfect for you. If somebody has a 7 then they probably think their triple 7s are winning but you top them with your full house - AAA77. They may have two pairs or even trips but your full house would beat any of those. But they call your raise so you re-raise and to your delight they call again.
You go all-in and get called.
Feeling almost sorry for your opponent and his stupidity you show your Aces and get ready to collect your big pot.
He shows a pair of 7s, he's got 4 sevens!
You thought your Aces were winning all the way, especially when you hit a third one on the flop then picked up a full house on the river, but on this occasion his pair of 7s was the winner while your pocket Aces was the loser.
A very bad beat!
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Article by Ian McIntosh of www.Love-Texas-Holdem.com. Check out the site for all the latest information on Texas Holdem tournaments and freerolls.
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