The Bad Beat Jackpot at PartyPoker
Posted on May 22, 2008
Filed Under Online Poker
PartyPoker has it all; leading gaming software, high player traffic, comprehensive game choice, easy navigation and unbeatable player promotions. With a poker room of this caliber so easily accessible, it?s a wonder how other poker rooms are bringing in any business at all! One of the best things about PartyPoker is the little extras they offer their players, like their unbeatable (for lack of a better word) Bad Beat Jackpot. If you;re unfamiliar with how these work, it is simple, every time a player receives a bad beat (as determined by the poker room) they instantly win the accumulating Bad Beat Jackpot!
The Bad Beat Jackpot can be won by any players playing at participating tables (ones under the ‘cash games’ tab) with four or more people playing at a time. Every pot at all of these tables contributes 50c to the jackpot from all raked hands, which means this jackpot increases by about a thousand dollars an hour, due to the number of tables in play! To win this jackpot, you have to lose a hand at the showdown of 4 of a kind, 8?s or better. As soon as someone beats a hand like this, the money is paid out, with the ?loser? receiving 50%, the winner receiving 25% and another 25% being distributed to the other active players at the table. 20% of the jackpot becomes a retainer for the next one and 10% goes to the house, leaving 70% of the cash up for grabs at any given time. The conditions of this Bad Beat Jackpot are fair and straight forward, you just have to have both your poker cards contributing to the four of a kind and there is of course, no colluding allowed. Winning a ton of cash by losing a hand is a little funny to get your head around, but there couldn’t be a better way to deal with a nasty defeat! Get online and start playing ‘win or lose, you’re in for a good time (and hopefully a hefty reward).
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