lol what is it about any hand that beats aces full of eights hah. Thats dead mans hand how does that factor in. It certainly could be a bad beat, say you got ace eight and the flop is ace ace eight, your up against say ace ten, and they river off a ten, bad beat. Then theres coolers, where the other player just has the better hand when the cards turn up, thats a cooler not a bad beat, thats the most confused term I think when it comes to bad beats, dumb players just dont get that.