bad beats
Statistical cruelty losses
Bad beats is poker slang for losing hands where the odds heavily favored you—when a strong hand gets cracked by an unlikely draw.
The term has spread to sports betting and everyday use for any situation where you did everything right but still lost through sheer bad luck: I had aces cracked by runner-runner—just one of those bad beats.
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- unluckyProne to misfortune
- handGrasping body part
- lossBeing without something
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