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A Bad Beat: an unlucky turn of events that causes you to lose a hand, and possibly lose you more hands, money, or a tournament by putting you on tilt. No one wants a bad beat but everyone gets at least one... if you’re lucky. It is one of the worst feelings in the world, but not just that, it is not only a bad feeling, it is a bad feeling that can lose you a lot of money and/or bust you out of a tournament. A bad beat, if you do not pay attention, can lead too much more serious problems. Although it is almost impossible to avoid them completely, since most of you have already experienced one, we will do our best to minimize them. Take this information and ALWAYS apply it, because it WILL save you lots of money. Here are our attempts to limit your bad beats...
Just because every hand has the potential to be a monster hand, does not mean that you should play every hand because the probability that you will make that hand is so low, it usually does not even warrant playing that hand. Plus it could set you up for a bad beat.
Remember, the more hands you play, the more times you must recognize and dodge bad beats.
Bad beats happen, so when it does happen, stay calm because the next hand you get dealt may be your strongest hand ever, or it could be your last hand because you went on tilt. After X amount of money (previously determined by you) is lost, you should walk away. It is not a bad idea to take the next hand off, after a bad beat, to clear your head. Read more about this in Money Management.
If you believe you have just experienced a bad beat, I would encourage you to study that particular hand (when you are calm and relaxed, possibly the following day), and to figure out whether it actually was a bad beat by calculating the percentages and objectively looking at each players decision because sometimes, it may feel and look like a bad beat, but when you step back and take a look, the player may have had the right odds to play in that particular situation. Remember, in poker, you can always learn from your mistakes.
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