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Message: [QUOTE="BillyR23, post: 6842630, member: 103828"] Another really interesting topic (y):cool: IMO a bad beat is a hand where you had[B][I] at least 80% equity[/I][/B] at the moment of the last betting round- when players showed their holdings... still, there are bad hands you'll forget easier- like for example a cooler hand AA < KK All in preflop but a 'K' comes on the board* as the player with KK has only ~18% equity but there's not a bad play involved just a tough hand overall; on the other hand if you had AKs on a AQ22 rainbow board and you shove for value only for your opponent to call you with a gutshot - KTo but still hits a 'J' on the river(4 outs ~9% equity)- this will be a hand tough to forget as it was not only a tough loss but also your opponent made a bad play* or maybe several bad plays as you might have bet big preflop and on the flop with a premium hand like AKs too... And, of course there will be the 'real' bad beats where you get it in on the turn, your opponent is down to 1 out(~2% chance to win), but still somehow finds the way to win the hand- this will be the hands you'll probably never forget and will make a 'good story' to tell your friends over and over again(a friend was recently involved in a cash game hand: he had 77 and the flop came 77Q, turn was 'safe' 2 and it was here were the players went all in and it was like 400BBs pot- the opponent had QQ and the river was the last Q... and now we'll listen about this hand for the rest of our lives lol). At the end of the day, if you'll play a lot of hands(especially online where people can play even a 'crazy' 20+ tables at the same time), you'll definitely be involved in similar hands and just remember that on the long run- good poker players don't really need the 'luck' factor and they just need to put enough volume... [/QUOTE]

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