Bad Beat Online Poker Jackpot Hits Twice in Four Hours

The UltimateBet bad beat jackpot was over $600,000 and it was at a point where whoever hit it was going to be very happy. That person, someone playing under the name ITALIC, hit the jackpot at 6:29 am on October 25th.

The hand he was holding was quad 8's and when a player named SMITH76's turned four aces, ITALIC was $202,602.98 richer. SMITH received $101,301.48, the other seven players at the table won $2,366.68, and the other 62 players that were playing on bad beat tables were awarded $1,366.68.

As if that was not amazing enough, four hours later on the site, the bad beat was hit again, this time by a person named HOSSDOG556 won, and their share of the jackpot was $51,670.11. This time, 182 players were playing at the bad beat tables, and they split $103,340.21.

The qualifications on UltimateBet for hitting a bad beat jackpot is that the player must hold pocket 8's or better and get beat. The losing hand changes based on each individual sites rules.

When players are sitting at the same monetary and game type of tables on the site, those players also win a share of the jackpot, even if they are not at the exact table that the jackpot gets hit.

Bad beat jackpot is played similar to regular Texas Hold'em with the only difference being that 50 cents is collected in addition to the rake, and portions of that money go to a running jackpot.

October 30, 2007
Posted By Larry Rutherford
Staff Editor, CasinoGamblingWeb.com
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