Poker Stories: What is the definition of a "Bad Beat"

It depends on the game you are playing, if it is hold'em it depends NL or limit too. Generally a one or two outer on the river barely qualifies. Usually it helps if the winning hand is a particularly craptastic hand like 10-4o and the more money involved the less the hand that was the favorite had to be dominating. Bad beats that provide a lasting impression such as flopping a boat and having a donkey betting into you the whole way thinking he is ahead or worse trying to bluff you and then making a higher hand by the river are worth posting imho.