In poker, bad beat is a subjective term for a hand in which a player with what appear to be strong cards nevertheless loses. It most often occurs where one player bets the clearly stronger hand and their opponent makes a mathematically poor call that wins with any subequent dealing to complete the hand.
In pure mathematical terms a one-outer can be considered a pure bad beat, however there is no consensus however among poker players as to what else exactly constitutes a bad beat and often players will disagree about whether a particular hand was a bad beat. A few examples are: quads over full house, quads over quads, straight flush over quads, small full house vs. bigger full house or better.
Auburn's late push toward a win, a fourth-quarter drought in Hawai'i and the Cleveland Browns' first-half aggression led to some of this weekend's worst gambling bad beats. The worst part about this loss is it ended a heater I was on — as bad beats seemingly do (emotional biases are funny). I did at least hit the F5, but what a stunning loss. MLB: Rangers -102 (vs. Athletics) I'll never forget this entire series, where I lost every bet on the Rangers in heartbreaking fashion.
Types of bad beats[edit]
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Any hand that looked like a favorite to win can end up losing as more cards are dealt (with the nuts being the exception), but bad beats usually involve one of two not mutually exclusive scenarios:
- The player who wins on a bad beat is rewarded for mathematically unsound play. Calling a bet despite having neither the best hand nor the right pot odds or implied odds to call, then winning anyway, is characteristic of this type of bad beat. It can also involve the inferior hand catching running cards when it requires two cards in a row to come from behind to win the pot. For example, catching cards on both the turn and the river in Texas hold 'em that complete a straight or flush.
- A very strong hand loses to an even stronger one, better known as 'cooler'. This type of beat occurs with some frequency in movies. In the films The Cincinnati Kid and Casino Royale, The Kid and Le Chiffre each lose with a full house to a straight flush. In this situation, it is possible that both players have played their cards well, and avoiding the bad beat could not have been achieved without committing a mistake.
Reacting to bad beats[edit]
A bad beat can be a profound psychological blow, and can easily lead to a player going on tilt. Professional player Phil Hellmuth, among others, is notorious for his pronounced reactions to bad beats. However, suffering a bad beat means that the losing player was 'getting the money in good' and in most instances would win by playing the same hand the same way. Thus, 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.
Bad beats online[edit]
In online poker rooms, bad beats often lead to accusations that the random number generator is 'rigged', even though such beats also occur in offline games. Many online poker rooms post statistical data to demonstrate the randomness of the hands generated.[1] In online poker games players have an opportunity to play in 'bad beat' tables where the player who has the best losing hand receives an accumulated prize pool. An additional amount of rake is taken from each hand to fund the jackpot. The largest online jackpot to date was €1.25 million, hit in July 2011 with €443,000 going to the loser of the hand.[2]
Players are statistically more likely to experience bad beats online, since playing using a computer allows for more hands played per hour. Also, online players may play multiple cash game tables and/or tournaments at the same time, also increasing the frequency of hands dealt.Also, tells are rendered moot, so players are incapable of reading clues such as body language in aid of deriving the strength of an opponent's hand.Finally, online poker games (especially freeroll tournaments) are far more accessible to the average player who, being average, is less likely to be knowledgeable regarding the techniques of the game, in turn making it more likely they will bet from the gut or intuition rather than experience.
Bad beat jackpot[edit]
A bad beat jackpot is a prize that is paid when a sufficiently strong hand is shown down and loses to an even stronger hand held by another player.[3] Not all poker games offer bad beat jackpots, and those that do have specific requirements for how strong a losing hand must be to qualify for the jackpot. For example, the losing hand may be required to be four-of-a-kind or better. There may be additional requirements as well. For example, in Texas hold 'em there is usually a requirement that both hole cards play in both the losing and winning hands, or that where a full house is the minimum (usually aces full of jacks or higher), both hole cards must be used to make the three-of-a-kind in the full house.
Bad beat jackpots are usually progressive, often with a small rake being taken out of each pot to fund the jackpot (in addition to the regular rake). When a jackpot is won, it is usually split among all players sitting at the table at the time of the bad beat with the losing hand getting the largest share, followed by the winning hand, and all the other players dividing the remainder. Generally, only the best losing hand is eligible to win the largest share, even if another hand would also qualify.
Specific rules, collections, payout percentages, and amounts vary greatly from one casino or cardroom to the next, and are sometimes changed.
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^PokerStars: Random Number Generator Audits
- ^Boss Media's Bad Beat Jackpot is Finally Hit
- ^'Commerce Casino: Jackpots'. Archived from the original on 2006-08-20. Retrieved 2006-08-20.
Books[edit]
- Bad Beats and Lucky Draws by Phil Hellmuth ISBN0-06-074083-3
- Poker: Bets, Bluffs, And Bad Beats by A. Alvarez ISBN0-8118-4627-X
Betting on college football in 2020 has been a whirlwind.
There have been plenty of circumstances where you think you have an edge, only to find out 20 minutes before kickoff that a dozen players on a team are unavailable because of COVID-19 protocols.
That happened in quite a few games over the weekend, and there were other games that had brutally bad beats.
Tulane vs. Tulsa
The bad beats started on Thursday night in the Tulane vs. Tulsa game. No. 25 Tulsa, undefeated in AAC play, was coming off a big come-from-behind win over SMU.
Tulsa was a 5.5-point home favorite, but things were looking good for Tulane backers well into the fourth quarter. Tulane had built a 14-0 lead and Tulsa was down to its third-string quarterback, Davis Brin.
Brin, to his credit, led an impressive comeback. First, he cut the deficit to 14-7 with an 18-yard touchdown run with 9:17 to go before tying the score with a 19-yard touchdown pass to Josh Johnson on fourth-and-16 with 3:16 left in regulation.
Slot canyon san diego hikers. Tulane, though, responded with a touchdown of its own at the 1:38 mark to go up 21-14. Soon enough, Tulsa was down to one final play in its effort to force overtime — and one play away from a win for those who bet on Tulane.
That's when this happened:
Tulsa with an INCREDIBLE Hail Mary to take it to OT 😱pic.twitter.com/x1WW3Pq24v
— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) November 20, 2020Brin lobbed one up to JuanCarlos Santana for a 37-yard touchdown as time expired, forcing overtime.
All of a sudden, that Tulane +5.5 ticket was in jeopardy. It was about to get way worse.
The teams traded field goals in the first overtime, and Tulane began double-overtime on offense. On third-and-goal from the 3-yard line, Michael Pratt dropped back to pass and was picked off by Tulsa star Zaven Collins, who returned it 96 yards for the rare overtime walk-off pick six.
WE HAVE NO WORDS!!!!! pic.twitter.com/CW5xPzwM6Q
— American Football (@American_FB) November 20, 2020To recap: Tulsa overcame a two-score fourth-quarter deficit with a third-string quarterback, forced overtime with a 37-yard touchdown as time expired in the fourth quarter and won on a 96-yard pick six. Yeah, that's a bad beat if you had money on Tulane.
Purdue vs. Minnesota
Minnesota was in action on a Friday night for the third time this season and were two-point home underdogs against Purdue.
The Gophers led all night, but were on the ropes in the final minutes. Purdue trailed 34-24 early in the fourth quarter, but cut the lead to 34-31 with 8:31 to go. On the ensuing drive, Minnesota went for it and failed on fourth-and-1 from its own 34-yard line.
All of a sudden, Purdue had tremendous field position with the chance to go in front. But the Boilermakers couldn't capitalize as J.D. Dellinger missed a 33-yard field goal.
The Purdue defense, though, quickly forced a three-and-out and got the offense back on the field. This time, it looked like Purdue had finally taken the lead when Jack Plummer hit Payne Durham for a 19-yard touchdown. The touchdown, however, was wiped off the board by a controversial offensive pass interference call on Durham.
This offensive pass interference penalty took a go-ahead touchdown off the board for Purdue. Really questionable call. pic.twitter.com/1T1k1AB01I
— Yahoo Sports College Football (@YahooSportsCFB) November 21, 2020On the very next play, Plummer threw an interception and what looked like a win for Purdue bettors was all of a sudden a brutal loss — mainly thanks to questionable officiating.
UCLA vs. Oregon
This one may not have had as many wagers as the prominent Thursday and Friday night games above. But if you bet UCLA on the first-half moneyline against No. 11 Oregon, you may never want to place another bet again.
UCLA, playing without starting quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson, was a 17.5-point underdog to the Ducks but held a 21-17 lead late in the first half. The UCLA offense was on the field at its own 44-yard line with six seconds left in the half, and only an absolute disaster would cost you your first-half moneyline bet.
This would be that disaster.
What a way to end the first half!
Oregon went into the locker room with momentum after a pick-six 🔥 pic.twitter.com/zZ2ua1Tkey
— Stadium (@Stadium) November 22, 2020Chase Griffin stepped up in the pocket and was drilled as he tried to launch one to the end zone. Brazil gambling license renewal. The ball was intercepted by Jordan Happle, who returned it all the way for a touchdown, flipping a four-point UCLA lead to a 24-21 Oregon lead at the break.
UCLA's first-half moneyline odds were +350 at BetMGM, meaning a $100 bet would net you a $350 return. What would have been a big win for UCLA backers turned into a heartbreaking loss.
Cincinnati vs. UCF
Elsewhere on Saturday was a big game in the American Athletic Conference between undefeated Cincinnati and UCF, a team with one of the best offenses in the country.
Cincinnati closed as four-point favorites at BetMGM, and had the ball up 36-33 with a chance to close out the game. The Bearcats moved the ball all the way into the red zone. On first-and-goal from the 5-yard line with 1:43 remaining, Cincinnati running back Gerrid Doaks took a handoff and had a clear path to the end zone.
A touchdown would have put Cincinnati up by nine points — a two-possession advantage that would have covered the spread for Cincinnati bettors — but Doaks curiously decided to go down at the 1-yard line.
Cincy chooses not to score here giving UCF (+4) the cover 😬
Prayers up for anyone with Cincinnati -4 pic.twitter.com/YoU70vKkEO
— br_betting (@br_betting) November 22, 2020Doaks falling short of the goal line caused UCF to use its final timeout with 1:34 remaining.
It looked like Cincinnati would simply kneel from there and run the clock out. But the Bearcats ran the ball up the gut twice more with Doaks, who was stuffed for no gain.
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On fourth down, a shotgun snap eluded quarterback Desmond Ridder, who was able to pounce on the ball with UCF defenders pursuing. Cincinnati avoided a disaster, and won 36-33, but it was still an awful turn of events for bettors who had the Bearcats covering the spread.
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