Party Poker Smashes Bad Beat Jackpot Record
Just before midnight ET on Thursday, August 14th, the world record for an online poker Bad Beat Jackpot was broken. The industry record previously stood at $992,000 but during frenzied action last night on PartyPoker.com one lucky table hit a whopping $1,013,381.63.
The Bad Beat Jackpot can only be won if you lose with a hand featuring four of a kind, 8’s or better. That’s exactly what happened to online player ‘Judith75’, from Germany when she hit quad 9’s. With such a hand it has to be very hard to think that you will lose the pot but ‘Hiyall’ from Scotland was sitting with the absolute nuts – a royal flush – a hand that is regarded by many as a 649,739/1 chance of being dealt. The carnage at the table continued, however, as another player from Germany, ‘Shoulderguy’, sat with a full house.
The win came on a $0.50/$1 table and the actual pot itself was only worth $24. With the quad 9’s being beaten by the royal flush, Judith75 won $354,683.57 and hand winner Hiyall scooped $177,341.79 + $24 from the pot. The other players at the table each won $22,167.72.
The PartyPoker.com Bad Beat Jackpot is only available on specially designated tables under the ‘Cash Game’ tab at PartyPoker.com. Of the distributed amount, 50% goes to the loser of the hand who is subject to the bad beat, 25% goes to the winner, and the remaining 25% is split between the other seated players who took part in the hand. Players who sat out of the hand do not receive a portion of the jackpot. In this case 10 players benefited from the Bad Beat.
A PartyPoker.com spokesman said: “Online poker history has been made by setting a new world record for a bad beat jackpot. To hit seven figures is quite something! It has been quite some week at PartyPoker.com. We recently celebrated our seventh birthday and smashed the guarantee for our special Birthday Million tournament!”
The spokesman went on to say: “Most of the world’s attention this week is focused on elite athletes going for gold. At the same time it seems that the online poker community has found its own gold mine!”
Here is the hand history from the winning hand:
***** Hand History for Game 7299704817 *****
0.50/1 Texas Hold’em Game Table (Limit) – Thu Aug 14 23:11:13 EDT 2008
Table Jackpot 1419013 (Real Money) — Seat 8 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: ShoulderGuy ($102.28)
Seat 2: bucktooth1 ($28.80)
Seat 3: judith75 ($67)
Seat 4: wisard333 ($24.90)
Seat 5: pelusin111 ($14.90)
Seat 6: DismasX ($35.25)
Seat 7: fkjnyh ($12.25)
Seat 8: hc8601 ($22.90)
Seat 9: Hiyaall ($28.77)
Seat 10: chimbila007 ($28.30)
Hiyaall posts small blind (0.25)
chimbila007 posts big blind (0.50)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to ShoulderGuy [ Kd, Kh]
Dealt to bucktooth1 [xx, xx]
Dealt to judith75 [ 9c, 9s]
Dealt to wisard333 [xx, xx]
Dealt to pelusin111 [xx, xx]
Dealt to DismasX [xx, xx]
Dealt to fkjnyh [xx, xx]
Dealt to hc8601 [xx, xx]
Dealt to Hiyaall [ Qc, Ac]
Dealt to chimbila007 [xx, xx]
ShoulderGuy raises (1) to 1
bucktooth1 folds
judith75 calls (1)
wisard333 calls (1)
pelusin111 folds
DismasX folds
fkjnyh folds
hc8601 folds
Hiyaall calls (0.75)
chimbila007 folds
** Dealing Flop **: [ Kc, 9h, Tc]
Hiyaall checks
ShoulderGuy bets (0.50)
judith75 raises (1) to 1
wisard333 folds
Hiyaall calls (1)
ShoulderGuy raises (1) to 1.50
judith75 raises (1) to 2
Hiyaall calls (1)
ShoulderGuy calls (0.50)
** Dealing Turn **: [ Jc]
Hiyaall checks
ShoulderGuy bets (1)
judith75 calls (1)
Hiyaall calls (1)
** Dealing River **: [ 9d]
Hiyaall bets (1)
ShoulderGuy raises (2) to 2
judith75 raises (3) to 3
Hiyaall raises (3) to 4
ShoulderGuy calls (2)
judith75 calls (1)
** Summary **
Main Pot: $24 | Rake: $1 | Jackpot Contribution: $0.50
Board: [ Kc, 9h, Tc Jc 9d]
bucktooth1 balance $28.80, didn’t bet (folded)
wisard333 balance $23.90, lost $1 (folded)
pelusin111 balance $14.90, didn’t bet (folded)
DismasX balance $35.25, didn’t bet (folded)
fkjnyh balance $12.25, didn’t bet (folded)
hc8601 balance $22.90, didn’t bet (folded)
chimbila007 balance $27.80, lost $0.50 (folded)
ShoulderGuy balance $94.28, lost $8
[Full House – Kd, Kh Kc 9h 9d]
judith75 balance $59, lost $8
[Four of a kind – 9c, 9s 9h 9d Kc]
Hiyaall balance $44.77, bet $8, collected $24, net +$16
[Royal Flush – Ac, Kc, Qc, Jc Tc ]
Judith75 wins Bad Beat Jackpot – $354,683.57
Hiyall wins – $177,341.79 + $24 from the POT!!!!
All other players win 22,167.72
