Oblivious, this is a great post. A lot of times when a percieve bad beat is given, the favorite that lost made a misstep at soem point during the hand. What a lot of people fail to realize is that a lot of times, monster hands hardly improve post flop, while modest hands have higher odds of hitting. A person calling a 3-4XBB raise with QJ suited or offsuit has tremendous upside against AK, AA, KK, AQ etc. So, when an opponent playing these hands between a 27-40% dog, their post flop value can make them a coin flip or slight favorite after the flop. AK and such strong hands rarely hit a flop when 2 8 offsuit, don't know why anyone gambles with this hand or small connectors can hit post flop changing the percentages drastically. So before ranting about a bad beat, look at how you played the hand and the type of hand you were called with and evaluate the hand overall from there.
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