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Bad Beat –
1. A loss that was statistically unlikely to occur because your opponent had few outs.
2. A poker jackpot.
A bad beat happens when your opponent comes from way behind to beat you on a hand. There are no set in stone requirements that define a
bad beat, rather, it is a subjective description of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Most players would agree that a hand
would need to hit four outs or fewer, or some kind of running combination, in order to be considered a bad beat.
Players often like to relate their bad beats to each other. These sagas are called “bad beat stories,” and every poker player has a
plethora of them. Bad beat stories are infamous for being absolute torture to listen to, but some players insist upon telling them
anyway.
Many poker rooms offer a “Bad Beat Jackpot” for poker players. Bad Beat Jackpots are structured differently from casino to casino, but
most often, they occur when a sufficiently strong hand is beaten by an even stronger hand. Additionally, several specific conditions
must be met in order for a jackpot to be valid. These jackpots are generally progressive, which means they grow until they are hit.
Payout can range from a few thousand dollars to a hundred thousand dollars or more. They are funded by a collection, taken every hand,
in addition to the rake. The
jackpot prize depends on the money
in the jackpot pool. Most casinos take a predetermined amount per hand for the jackpot pool on top of the house
collection (or
rake) they are already taking. In the
Los Angeles area, the house takes $1 from every hand played in qualifying games to build the jackpot. The jackpots typically
range from a few hundred dollars to $100,000.
Most brick and mortar poker rooms offer
some form of Bad Beat Jackpot, but most online card rooms do not.
Usage: Runner Runner Bad Beat, Bad Beat Story, Bad Beat Jackpot
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