Playground Poker, a 75-table cardroom in Quebec, Canada, broke their very own document this week with an enormous CAD $2.6 million dangerous beat jackpot.
Although particulars of the hand and the gamers concerned weren’t shared, the jackpot was triggered when one participant’s flopped quad tens (10
10
) have been cracked by a turned straight flush (9
6) on a board studying 8 10
10 7 2.
The hand occurred throughout a low-stakes $1-$2 no-limit maintain’em money recreation, and it didn’t seem that there was rather more than few hundred {dollars} within the pot, however that was lots sufficient to qualify for some life-changing payouts.
According to the Playground Poker bad beat jackpot rules. on their web site, the shedding participant was entitled to 40% of the CAD $2,590,185 whole prizepool, which on this case amounted to CAD $1,036,074 ($774,084 USD).
The participant with the straight flush took dwelling 20%, or CAD $518,037 ($387,042), and everybody else on the desk break up one other 20%.
The remaining 20% was divided amongst all different gamers on the on line casino who have been enjoying in a maintain’em recreation on the time, giving the entire room one thing to rejoice. Even the sellers have been completely happy, because the employees will get to separate 5% of the jackpot.
The payout breaks the earlier document, additionally set by Playground Poker again in June of 2022, which was value CAD $2,228,425.
Once the most recent dangerous beat hit, a backup jackpot was instantly activated which had already been reseeded to CAD $700,863.
Playground Poker funds their promotions by taking $2 from every money recreation pot. A portion is allotted to the dangerous beat jackpot, one other portion goes in the direction of different money recreation bonuses, and the rest is saved to reseed backup dangerous beat jackpot.
A NEW WORLD RECORD!!
Just moments in the past, after having climbed to a mindboggling $2,590,185, the Bad Beat Jackpot hit! This shatters the earlier document of $2,228,425 set in June of 2022. Congratulations!!! You have made historical past!The BBJ has been reseeded at $700,863 pic.twitter.com/DbVjVXcxsa
— Playground Poker (@PlaygroundPoker) August 3, 2023
