Enjoy the experience of betting at Heritage Sports! What does the term “bad beat” mean in poker? What is the definition of the term “bad beat”? bad beat * phrase about an improbable loss on a hand of cards. Means that you started the hand way ahead but got outdrawn, thus you suffered a bad beat. * poker term for a hand in which a player with very strong cards loses to an opponent who is statistically unlikely to win, but hits a lucky card (or two) and unexpectedly takes the pot. The losing player is then said to have […]