Poker gems, #194

Mike Fasso, on this week's "Ante Up" podcast, as transcribed and submitted specifically for this purpose by Shamus.


There really isn't such a thing as a bad beat.... People talk about bad beats. You know what a bad beat is? Really? The only thing that is a bad beat is if you have a better hand than your opponent at the showdown and your opponent wins the pot. That is a bad beat. Now, anything other than that is not a bad beat. So if you have a bad beat story that you want to tell me, if it falls in that first category, I'll be happy to listen. Otherwise, shove it, all right?