Good players suffer more bad beats than bad players.īy definition, you suffer a bad beat when you get your chips in as a favourite but don’t win the hand because the cards did not fall your way. That 1 in 45 is NOT 0 in 45, it is still there and, however unlikely, can still happen.Ģ. Even if they have only one out on the river and you’re all-in on the turn, there is still a 1 in 45 chance that their miracle card will come. opp flopped a straight with no straight flush draw but you turned a full house) then there is always the possibility that opp will hit their card on the river. Unless your opponent is drawing completely dead (eg. There is already a sticky in the bad beat forum about this but I thought I’d update it to add a few points from the recent discussions. Recently I have seen a number of posts by newer players complaining about bad beats and suckouts and perhaps even suggesting that certain sites deliver a greater proportion of bad beats than others.
