Several gamers at a money recreation desk at Rivers Casino in Des Plaines, Illinois, scored large final week with a foul beat jackpot of just about $660,000.
A straight flush beat one other straight flush, triggering the jackpot price $659,941.70.
Many poker rooms supply unhealthy beat jackpots as common promotions. The home takes out $1 from every pot to construct the progressive jackpot. The payout is triggered when one premium hand loses to an excellent higher hand. At Rivers, the hand befell in a comparatively high-stakes, no-limit maintain’em recreation.
The dropping participant held Q♦J♦ on a board of 10♦9♦4♣6♣8♦ for a 10-high straight flush. However, the opposite participant in the handheld Q♦J♦ for an excellent increased straight flush.
Six-Figure Payouts
In a foul beat jackpot, the dropping participant is rewarded with the biggest share. At Rivers, the “loser” scored 50% of the prize pool for $329,974. The successful participant collected 25% for $164,985.
The different six gamers on the desk every obtained a share of the remaining 25% only for being dealt in, a complete of $27,497 per participant.
The odds of two gamers each hitting a straight flush are extraordinarily low. The odds of only one participant hitting this premium hand are about 1 in 3,200 (0.03%).
Other Bad Beat Jackpots
While this was maybe a life-changing payday for the 2 gamers concerned, the numbers pale compared to some in Canada over the previous few years. In July 2025, Quebec’s Playground Poker Club paid out a whopping CAD $2.2 million (or $1.6 million) when a straight flush additionally beat one other straight flush.
Playground set the unhealthy beat jackpot document in August 2023 with CAD $2.6 million. Then in October 2023, the property paid out CAD $1.3 million adopted by one other CAD $1.8 million in March 2024. In September 2024, Playground noticed a CAD $1.7 million payout.
In the U.S., the Lodge Card Club in Texas noticed the biggest unhealthy beat jackpot within the historical past of the state in February 2025. The hand delivered a $289,376 payout to a bunch of lucky gamers in a $1-$2-$5 pot-limit Omaha recreation.
In February, one desk shared a $100,000 payout in a $2-$5 money recreation on the Hustler Casino in Los Angeles, when a straight flush misplaced to a better straight flush.
