That's a pretty ugly beat to start this thread off. I know most consider a bad beat when it's 80:20 and the 20% to win wins. What I would like to know is, does limit/tourny buyin affect the definition of a bad beat? I was recently playing a tier tourny on Tilt (buyin for $4 ,win that and get into a $26, come in top 5 and get into a $75 sag) and had just completed the first tier with a win, securing me a spot in the $26 level. I grinded out for 2 hours and came in 4th, which is just barely good enough to make the final level.
My Bad Beat
The first hand of the $75 sag, I'm dealt pocket 8s one seat to the right of the button. (8h8c) I'm raised by the 4th seat and just limp. The flop is 567 all hearts. It's just me and him, and he fires 300, a little over half the pot. I've played with this guy before, lucky me, and really put him on some junk over cards. I just think to myself, I could win $310 all from $4.40. He types in "I think I have the best hand". Now I really don't like this guy and think he's yankin my chain, so I move allin. I figure I'm a slight dog. He calls in an instant, with AcQd. I'm thinking, what the heck is he thinking? According to cardplayers.com's poker calculator, I'm 89.1% to win. The turn is a queen, of clubs. He goes 2:1 on me and doubles up on the first hand, knocking me out. (River was 2d)
I guess this is different because both of us were there on a $4.40 ticket, instead of the full $75. We had both spent the hours turning $4 into a token, and the token into a $75 buyin. With how loose he is, turning $4 into that buyin might have seemed like free money. Or he just likes to bully me around, I'm sitting with him now.
