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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. Most online card rooms do not have
jackpot poker, with the notable exception
of Absolute Poker, where you have the option of playing in jackpot or non-jackpot games.
Read about Absolute Poker Bad Beat Jackpots
Usage: Runner Runner Bad Beat, Bad Beat Story, Bad Beat Jackpot
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