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Nobody likes bad beats, but face it, they will happen, so just grin and bear it. The opposite side of the coin is when fortune smiles on you, and you get, what for a better term is a 'good beat'.
It is a foible of human memory that you think the bad beats outnumber the good.
This is statistically inaccurate. Given a sufficiently large number of hands both will balance to be statistically even.
The same principle applies to a coin tossed in the air. It can come down heads or tails. Given a very large number of tosses, the outcome will not favor one side or the other, but balance each other out.


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I would respectively consider that it is probable that you see more bad beats than getting a lucky card though not to the extreme that we normally see. Given that you hold one hand to get lucky with but can face more than one that can suck out on you. Just always remember that bad beat is normally the unfortunate result of a good decision. In the long run the good decisions will win out and cover all the bad beats.
 
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I would agree when it comes to flips but I guarantee you I get more bad beats than good beats. This comes with getting it in with the best of it most of the time. Does it happen? Sure. But in my case I'm usually forced to call a smaller stack in tournament play because of pot odds. I don't really consider this sucking out.
 
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only fishes don't like bat beats, good players not pay attention to this, and know that they played well, they will have a lot of money on the distance.
 
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I find them aggravating, but I try to remember I played the hand the way it should have been played. They happen, just have to roll with it!
 
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Yeah it's part of poker. But to tell the truth it matter when it happens. Eg the worst time: at the final table of the wsop main event... :p
 
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it's all just part of the game, I think understanding that is a big part of improving your mental game. Jcarver has said a few things that really help me. for instance, something along the lines of "people get mad when their pocket aces get cracked by pocket twos. they think they deserve to win the pot, but they don't. they deserve to win it 82% of the time"
 
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lol, very true, in my early days I had many bad beats and I always wanted to break the laptop by outbursts of anger, I now realize that all of the statistics, and occasionally even longer all that happens like a complete noob you win with the worst hand 72 doing all in with AA and your xD.
More stats for you to know that just angers anyone.
 
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only fishes don't like bat beats, good players not pay attention to this, and know that they played well, they will have a lot of money on the distance.

I agree with you ,we know that it was well played ,the way that we lose is not our fault and we keep working with our bankroll :rolleyes:
 
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Bad beats are funny sometimes.

-Most of them I see online (not just on here) aren't that bad at all.
-A lot of players confuse coolers with bad beats.
-Why do players only complain bad beats done to them and never when they're the one dishing it out?
-Why is it always the other player's fault for the bad beat? Why don't I ever see someone make a self-analyze like "A bad beat I had because I made bad decisions."
 
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this is poker and it can happen to anyone .you just need to be ready for it
 
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