While many sites may offer Bad Beat Jackpots, they are only memorable when someone walks away with a huge payout. On Thursday at Carbon Poker, the Bad Beat Jackpot was cracked, paying out very memorable money for those involved.
On the $0.50/$1 tables at Carbon Poker on Thursday, “dk2112” entered into a hand with pocket sevens. “dk2112” hid the hand nicely by limping in pre-flop and continued to slow play after the flop came 7-8-2 rainbow. “dk2112” called a bet from “Stingray57” and then faced a raise from “BlackOutBob,” which he called. Another seven on the turn made four of a kind for “dk2112,” yet he just called a $5 bet from “BlackOutBob,” and the duo saw a river eight. At this point, the fireworks went off.
“BlackOutBob” moved the remainder of his stack ($6.50) to the center of the table, which was met with a call from “dk2112.” The river eight made “BlackOutBob” quad eights and trumped “dk2112’s” turned four of a kind in sevens, setting off the Carbon Poker Bad Beat Jackpot.
While “BlackOutBob” took down the $55 pot, “dk2112” earned a massive payday of $156,402.63 for taking the bad beat. “BlackOutBob” picked up an additional $78,201.31 for being the winner of the hand and the five players also seated at the table took down $13,033.55.
“We are excited each time our Bad Beat Jackpot goes off,” Atil Singh, Head of Acquisitions at Carbon Poker, told Poker News Daily. “It has the power to possibly change the players’ lives, depending on the amount. The majority of the time, our Bad Beat Jackpot hits at the lower stakes, which give the players a huge boost. Our largest jackpot was over $1.2 million and we hope we can break this record in the near future.”
Players who sit at special Jackpot tables on the site build the Carbon Poker Bad Beat Jackpot. The bounty is seeded by taking $0.50 from every pot on these special tables and, when a player suffers a bad beat holding four of a kind in sevens or better, the jackpot is distributed.
The person who suffers the bad beat earns 35% of the Bad Beat Jackpot and the winner in the hand takes down 17.5%. Those players who watched the action – and are actively dealt to – share another 17.5%, while Carbon Poker takes a 10% maintenance fee and reseeds the Bad Beat Jackpot with 20% of the money that is available.
After the strike on Thursday, the Carbon Poker Bad Beat Jackpot has been reset, but there is still a sizeable stake out there. As of Saturday, the jackpot has grown to $100,904 and will continue to grow until it is struck again.
Carbon Poker is a part of the Merge Gaming Network, which includes such rooms as PokerHost and Lock Poker. The Merge Gaming Network accepts American players and, according to PokerScout.com, active cash game players will peak at around 1,400, offering ample competition for those on the virtual felt.
