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After playing for about a year and a half I am finally fine with losing to a bad beat. I have given and taken my share but recently I have been able to cope with the loss. I used to always get mad every time I would get "rivered" or lose when I was a favorite on an all in but why should I? Variance happens to everyone. I made a good play and the cards just didn't fall for me that time. I also used to get mad when the Sox would lose like when Buehrle pitched against Lima a few years back. It was a "bad beat" in my mind but why worry about that when there are plenty of other things to worry about.Overall I'm just happy to say that I feel like I'm maturing in my poker/life stages. If this thread sucked to you then just be happy I didn't bring up Jaime Gold or the WPT getting sued. That is all. Enjoy.

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Congrats on finally seeing the light!I don't play online much but it seems those that do are the ones that complain the most about "bad beats". Don't get me wrong. I understand that when you're playing 100+ hands an hour you see a lot more of them than us live players but I would think that would just make you more immune (for lack of a better word) to the multitude of bad beats you take.Like you said, that's just poker and, like it or not, a part of the game.I have no doubt that your success rate will improve now that you're not tilting everytime the inevitable happens.Good luck.

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Overall I'm just happy to say that I feel like I'm maturing in my poker/life stages. If this thread sucked to you then just be happy I didn't bring up Jaime Gold or the WPT getting sued. That is all. Enjoy.
WPT is getting sued??Anyway, that's good wsox, I can usually deal with a 1 or 2 of them within a short time span, but any more than that, and it's time for me to close my game. Never be afraid to leave a game if you find the beats affecting you.
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Wait til you play out of your roll and take them, or miss huge Sunday cash days becauseo of them.
I don't play out of my roll.
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Scott Fischman said it in his book but may have been quoting Sklansky. "In order to have suffered a bad beat, you had to have done something right. Bad players don't suffer bad beats."

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I think it definitely shows a level of maturity. When I very first started playing, I would get bad beats and not care. Either I didn't know they were bad beats or I'd say "that's poker". Then I read a book or two, gained a little knowledge (very little) and started getting offended at every "bad beat" I took. I would berate players and get really angry because I was playing "perfectly" and I knew something they didn't. Now I think I've finally matured (a little at least) at the table and take my beats like a man...or at least try to. It's kinda that middle stage where players think they know everything about the game and get angry at other players because of the way they played. I think everyone goes through it at some point.

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I handle bad beats fine live. I just think its rude and stupid to either act out at the dealer or player. Online if I'm running well I deal with it. Online if I'm running poorly I vent like a mofo to my friends. It doesn't matter form or venue I'm always mad when I get bad beats, I just would never berate someone for it, I think that is childish.

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As most winning players will tell you, I get upset when I play bad, not from bad beats. Ive dealt with beats that have cost me lots and lots of $, but they don't hardly bother me anymore.If I make some donkey play it sometimes tilts me very badly and things can start to get ugly, ala last evening.Although the QQ v A10 beat with 24 ppl left for a top 3 chip stack in the Sunday Million a few weeks ago stung pretty ****ing bad.

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