What is a "bad beat"? (A way to avoid tilting?)

[mkotich]

I think it was best described as "When you're ahead in the hand the entire way, preflop to the turn, and somebody gets you at the river with a hand that isn't worth playing." for instance, AA vs 72 with a lot of raising on each street by the AA.. a 2 on the turn and a 7 on the river..? I don't know. I agree with the second poster, as long as you played it correctly. The results matter, though, but if you played it correctly and lost, then well, that's Poker, that's why they call it Gambling. In the end though, if you're a skilled player you'll get it back.

On a side-note, I loved in the director's commentary of Rounders (with the directors and ed norton.) where they said someone got in an arguement in a game they were in over 'what is a bad beat' someone said he caught a bad beat, the other guy tells him "no, that's not a bad beat" so they ask him, "well what is?" and he says to them "Hiroshima" hehe.