Hi Howlett!
I appreciate your comments and concerns. As a fellow player who have gone through many bad beats;)
I wonder where do you get your statistics from however? Big stacks gets what they need 80-90% of the time... I don't think the argument holds up when you just throw in a random number like this, which I'm not sure can be supported with any evidence.
Sure, there are lots of bad beats online, but thats because we play a lot of hands, so they seem to happen all the time.
Also, what do you count as a bad beat? 67 vs 33 percent? 80 vs 20 percent? Even getting a runner runner straight is quite important for your chances winning a hand. Of course, it may only be 5-10 percent difference, but that can change a lot. Rather than being 80-20, the situation may be more 70-30. This of course feels very bad for the player who had the best hand, but the opponent did in fact have a 30 per cent chance of winning the hand.
If you add in that the player in the lead may not bet high enough to protect their hand, it may give the opponent the 'right' odds to call.
Of course, bad players often call when they shouldn't, which leads to more bad beats being realised. In higher quality games, the opponents know how to fold at the right time, and don't realise their 'luck'.
Therefore the worse the players, the more bad beats will occur. But the worse the players, the better the games. So, as frustrating as a bad beat can be, it's best to take it with a smile and say 'nice hand', gg, good luck, to your opponent.
Thats my 5 cents.