What is a bad beat, really?

[tubalkain]

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A bad beat is when something bad happens to you that wasn't supposed to happen. Bad beats aren't always because of the cards.

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So getting 86'd because a railtard said you stole five bucks from him is a bad beat?

[steve968574]

Very simple definition: An unforeseeable result which couldn't have been avoided by better play.

[Bodhi]

Quit being philosophical about this. There are no essential properties of a bad beat, like "villain has to play his hand poorly..."