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 ...

The Lodge Card Club delivered a $289,376 jackpot to a group of fortunate players in a $1-$2-$5 pot-limit Omaha game on Tuesday. The hand saw two players flop straight flushes and both got all their ...

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 ...

PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Christmas came early for eight no-limit Texas Hold’em players at Rivers Casino Pittsburgh on Tuesday night, Nov. 28. They’ll divvy up a jackpot of $905,622.13. Two ...

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 ...

When it comes to gambling content policy changes announced by YouTube six months ago, there’s been a massive gap between the stated intention and the actual impact. The headline published on CNN’s ...

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 ...