Even if you have A-K, there are no guarantees that you’ll win the hand. One of the things you can do to avoid bad beats is to try and see a flop for cheap in cases when you would be tempted to go all in pre-flop. In one case, there are 5 more cards to come, and in another, there’s only two. Regardless of what two cards you hold, there is going to be more randomness to the outcome when you go all in pre-flop vs post flop. Let’s look at two things: How to avoid bad beats, and how to deal with them when they happen. What constitutes a bad beat in Texas Hold’em is when you or you opponent goes “ all in”, and you’re currently winning the hand but end up losing it by the time the river card hits the table. Welcome to the world of bad beats, where you thank the poker Gods in cases where you lucked out, and curse them to hell and beyond when your opponent lucks out. There is nothing ore upsetting then being in a race for all your chips and then on the flop… BAM! The opponent gets that 7 he or she needed and doubles up on a hand you should’ve won.

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