When a player who initially had a substantial statistical lead over an opponent loses his hand to that opponent after the flop, turn, or river.

Losing a bet you should have won. It's especially used when the betting result is decided late in the game to change the side that covers the spread. Also used in poker, such as when a player way [..]

A very tough, often emotional, betting loss that is characterized by rotten luck.

When you lsoe a wager that you thought you had won

To have a hand that is a large underdog beat a heavily favored hand. It is generally used to imply that the winner of the pot had no business being in the pot at all, and it was the wildest of luck th [..]

A loss that appeared to be a win before taking a turn for the worse.

A wager that loses unexpectedly.

Tough loss

It is a term used to describe a hard loss. For example, “He suffered from a bad beat last match.”

When a strong hand – one that statistically ought to win – does not. Trust us, this does happen.

When a heavily-favored hand loses to a hand that is, statistically speaking, a severe underdog.

a tough loss, e.g., when winning points are scored against your wager in the dying seconds of an event, or your horse loses by a nose, after leading all the way, or to have a blackjack hand, that is a obvious underdog, beat a heavily favored hand. A normal reaction of a losing player is to mumble something about dumb luck.

A usually unbeatable hand that is defeated by an even better hand.

losing a hand that you were a (big) favorite to win, "I suffered a really bad beat when I moved all-in with my pocket aces and John hit his runner-runner flush."

A bad beat is When you lose a hand despite having been the clear favorite when the money went into the middle.

Is when we have bet all of our chips against an opponent, at the moment our hand was a winning one, but unfortunately the last common cards favor our opponent and we lose the pot.

losing a bet under unusual or exceptional circumstances. Examples include losing a low odds bet on a clear favourite and losing a bet in the dying seconds of a fixture.

losing under unusual or exceptional circumstances.

When a bet that looks like a winner unexpectedly loses.

A term that bettors refer to when a wager is lost in a difficult manner. Controversial officiating calls or critical turnovers/errors are among the factors that can lead to a bad beat.

Losing a bet you should have won. It’s especially used when the betting result is decided late in the game to change the side that covers the spread. Also used in poker, such as when a player way ahead in the expected win percentage loses on the river (last card).