By definition, good players tend to get their chips in as a favourite more often than bad players so good players will suffer more bad beats than bad players! Bad players are getting their chips in as an underdog more often so therefore they are not going to get sucked out on as often as a good player. Good players suffer more bad beats than bad players.īy definition, you suffer a bad beat when you get your chips in as a favourite but don’t win the hand because the cards did not fall your way. That 1 in 45 is NOT 0 in 45, it is still there and, however unlikely, can still happen.Ģ. Even if they have only one out on the river and you’re all-in on the turn, there is still a 1 in 45 chance that their miracle card will come. opp flopped a straight with no straight flush draw but you turned a full house) then there is always the possibility that opp will hit their card on the river. Unless your opponent is drawing completely dead (eg. There is already a sticky in the bad beat forum about this but I thought I’d update it to add a few points from the recent discussions. Recently I have seen a number of posts by newer players complaining about bad beats and suckouts and perhaps even suggesting that certain sites deliver a greater proportion of bad beats than others.
