What’s the Worst Bad Beat You’ve Ever Had?

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We all know poker can be brutal sometimes. You make the right decisions, get your money in ahead, and then—BOOM!—the river crushes your dreams. We’ve all been there. 😭

What’s the worst bad beat you’ve ever experienced? Did you lose a big tournament because of a 1-outer? Maybe you had pocket Aces, and someone called with 7-2 offsuit and hit two pair?

How did you handle it? Did you stay cool, or did you tilt? Let’s hear your worst (or funniest) bad beat stories!
 
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It's so many that I can't even remember the last. :)
 
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My straight flush vs royal flush lol . Also my high foul house vs royal flush . It is mote important the time when you lose , at which stage and level . If you are very deep and the buy in is high , ot hurts a lot more
 
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It's incredible every time I get AA, I get overconfident and end up giving away chips.
 
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I lost a ladder from T to A with a triplet
 
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AA two hands in a row at GGpoker, both all in pre flop, got kicked twice at the same tournament.
 
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I had a full house on the flop, and guy has higher full house on the turn.
 
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Hand before the break after playing patiently in an online tournament i get aces and raise...villain shoves all in...i call...he turns over 62 and promptly catches two pair to eliminate me...i still cant believe to this day that someone in their right mind shoves 62 off or suited for that matter....i still feel like it was set up.

More recently just after the break on the bubble i get 77s and spike a 7 on the flop...i go all in villain calls with nothing but runner runners a flush to knock me out and stop me from cashing

Latest tournamnet is 77s again he call with kj suited and runner runner a flush...its hard to believe that it is a coincidence.
 
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hey, i don't know if it is a bad beat, but i'll remember this hand forever,
on GG, me with AhKd allin preflop, called with AdKs flop somethin 10s 9d 2d and after another two diamonds 😂it was a little funny🤣
 
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AA vs. AA in a cash game started with 10-10 dollars and all-in before flop. Villain won with a runner-runner flush... Unforgettable hand, it hurts till today.
 
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It's hard to mention just one, but the ones that are 1 out on the river are the ones that hurt the most.
 
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how to make bad beats stop?
 
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Margo17 said:
It's hard to mention just one, but the ones that are 1 out on the river are the ones that hurt the most.
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or when its runner runner.
 
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Ivan Basic said:
how to make bad beats stop?
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Oh, you have to ask the Gods of the deck for a super power lol
 
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There are so many... kkkk
 
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The worst I've ever had was AA on a tournament bubble
 
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