What Is a Bad Beat in Poker? A bad beat in poker is when you have an obviously better hand and a lot of equity, but your opponent catches an improbable card, and you lose. Unfortunately, it’s more ...

JC Alvarado reached the top of the poker world, competing for the highest stakes while racking up $4.5 million in tournament cashes. Highlights included a runner-up and fourth-place showing in the EPT ...

This might be the only time having bad luck turns out to actually be a good thing. At the Casino du Lac-Leamy in Gatineau, Quebec, forty-six players shared a record-breaking $2.5 million “Bad Beat ...

Thursday's article for the Poker section discusses the right approach to handling bad beats. "Bad beats are one of the most frustrating aspects of poker. You have the best hand at some point in the ...

Phil Hellmuth has been around card tables long enough to suffer a bad beat or two. His latest might be one he struggles to forget. On Day 3 of the World Series of Poker, the 17-time bracelet-winner ...

Caesars Entertainment paid out nearly $800,000 to 411 poker players across five casinos on Monday, the largest bad beat jackpot since the concept was first introduced in Atlantic City two years ago, ...