Drawing Dead

If a player is drawing dead, he has no way to win the pot at the showdown, no matter what cards come next.

That being said, a player can still win the pot by bluffing and forcing his opponent to fold a better hand if he is not all-in. On the other hand, if he has already placed all his chips in the middle and another player called, the player who is drawing dead will lose the pot.

Obviously, you do not want to be drawing dead when you risk your entire stack, but this is something that happens to everyone from time to time, and there is no way to avoid it.