Bad Beat

Poker Glossary

A bad beat is a loss in which the losing player had the better odds on the winning player earlier in the hand. In general, the term is used when all the chips go in the pot when the losing player had odds. To take a bad beat means to be on the losing end of a bad beat; to lay a bad beat means to be on the winning end of a bad beat.

See also Take a Bad Beat, Lay a Bad Beat.

(Submitted by Mercy)

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