Bad beat and suck out

Anybody who ever played poker has had a bad beat or has experienced suck outs. You start playing with one of the best starting hands and you are thinking “I can’t lose” and then it happens… Your opponent becomes best possible cards on the board and wins the hand. The more cards dealt, the more your favorite hand looks like a losing hand. If you for example have a flush with an ace or full house it is only a small possibility your opponent has a straight flush or quads. Therefore you are statistically right to believe your hand is the best. That’s a bad beat. You are beaten by a “weaker” start hand after the last card was dealt.

Watch this example: BAD BEAT 

 The most of the “calling station” players will play any two cards and rely only on luck. Others fall in love with their start hand and call till the river even though the board has become stronger. They don’t count their outs or pot odds or even think about a possibility that there can be a better flush, straight or more. Then they become lucky and win the hand by a suck out.

Watch this example:  SUCK OUT 

I think the difference between bad beat and suck out is only giving your opponent the possibility to hit his draw. If you give bad pot odds by your betting and lose, it is bad beat, if not and your opponent is calling and wins, it is a suck out.

 

 What is your experience? What is your definition of BAD BEAT and SUCK OUT? Am I right?