Since getting good cards and getting them cracked by one or two-outers is just something that happens in poker, we get some use for these bad beats by talking and writing about them. Poker player’s love reading or hearing about bad beat stories, even if it is just to remind them that some other poor soul is suffering just like they do. Luck is a part of the game we love because it sometimes helps us and we hate because it sometimes hurts us. We never remember our lucky moments, but the bad beats are visible just like scars on your skin. For whatever reason, hearing how a pair of Aces lost to 7 2 offsuit never gets old. In order for you to write or tell a great bad beat story, here is how you do it.
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I am doing my own personal challenge where I am turning $0.00 into hopefully a lot more. After placing in a couple of freeroll I entered into a special freeroll tournament with a first prize of $55.00. After a good run of nice hands at the right time and some good folds I found myself in the final five after outlasting a field of over 1,400 players. I was guaranteed $15 for my current placing, which was a great start for my challenge. I was dealt KJ with five remaining and faced an all-in bet from a player who was literally jamming every hand. I called and he revealed QJ. I was really happy with this and dreamed of the big $55 win (my opponent and I were the top stacks so I would have a massive chip lead if my KJ help up).
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A bad beat causes negative emotion as soon as that bad card hits the felt causing you to lose the pot. The first thing you feel is irritation and anger that you have lost the pot you feel you deserved to win. The second may be anger at your opponent daring to celebrate even though they are just plain lucky. You then imagine your chip stack and the chips you have just lost. If you are still in the tournament you must bounce back from the bad beat or your game will be negatively affected from this point forward and you may bust out. In cash games the next hand could be costly if you are on tilt.
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Previously I have admitted having a guilty pleasure in listening to other people’s bad beat stories. It gives me both a laugh at the antics of some players and it also reminds me that when I suffer that painful experience it is not just me that poker beats with the bad beat stick. Someone on an Internet Forum asked the question about the funniest things people had seen after a bad beat and I thought you would enjoy hearing them. I do not know that every single one is true, but I expect they are. Bad beats cause the already crazy poker players to go even crazier.
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