Now with more qualifying hands! More Bad Beat Jackpot winners than ever before!
Bad Beat Jackpot Trigger
Hold’em Rush & Cash Hold’em
Lose with
AAATT or Better
PLO Rush & Cash PLO
Lose with
2222 or Better
PLO5
Lose with
8888 or Better
PLO6
Lose with
JJJJ or Better
Short Deck
Lose with
6666 or Better
Hitting the Jackpot
To hit the Bad Beat Jackpot, you need to satisfy the following conditions:
Hand must go to showdown
Both the winner and the loser must use both hole cards (two hole cards for PLO/PLO-5/ PLO-6) to make the best 5 card hand combination
Pocket pairs are required for the winner or loser to make a four of a kind
Jackpot Payout
Despite the jackpot being allocated differently for each blind, all blinds share the same jackpot payout percentage. Jackpot payout percentage is as shown in the table below.
Recipient
Prize
Bad Beat Winner (Pot Loser) - 2nd best hand
10%
Bad Beat Opponent (Pot Winner)
3%
Rest of Players (Other Pot Losers)
0.8%
Jackpot Fund
Hold’em, PLO, PLO-5, PLO-6, Short Deck, and Rush & Cash share the same jackpot fund, with the funds sole purpose being the prize pool for Bad Beat Jackpot hits and associated payouts
The jackpot fund will continue to grow by reserving certain amounts from Hold’em, PLO, PLO-5, PLO-6, Short Deck, and Rush & Cash pots - this will ensure that the cash prize for hitting the jackpot will always be waiting!
You can check the Bad Beat Jackpot pool live in the Desktop client lobby/tables and the Mobile client lobby
If the pot amount exceeds or is equal to 30 big blinds, the amount equivalent to 1 big blind (0.8 big blind for 9-max games) will be contributed to the jackpot fund before it goes to the winner.
Short Deck
Short Deck will have 1 ante deducted for the jackpot fund for pots over 100 antes
Promotion Details and Limitations
Players must be aged 18+, 19+, 21+ or 24+ depending on their jurisdiction, to participate in the games or promotions.
Prize pools, guarantees, promotions, tournaments, games, and game features are subject to change, suspension, or termination at any time.
General Terms and Conditions, House Rules, and the Security & Ecology Policy apply. Actions may be taken against fraudulent activity or breaches of these policies.
Prizes are awarded instantly at the end of the hand.
Prizes will be awarded regardless of disconnections, if the player is confirmed to have qualified for the jackpot.
If there are more than three jackpot-qualified hands, Bad Beat Jackpot is rewarded to the player who comes in second in the hand. Other player who lost will receive 'Rest of Players' rewards.
Players who are not dealt hole cards are not eligible for the Rest of Players rewards.
Bad Beat Jackpot does not apply to featured tables.
In the case of RIMT (Running It Multiple Time), only the first run will count towards the jackpot.
If you have already satisfied the jackpot conditions, rewards will be given even if you leave the table or are disconnected.
Jackpot prize will be awarded directly to your wallet.
If you have already received your hole cards, other players' rewards will be awarded even if you leave the table or are disconnected.
In Rush & Cash, Jackpot will only be awarded to tables with 6 dealt players.
If the pot amount exceeds or is equal to 30 big blinds in Hold'em, PLO, PLO-5, PLO-6, Rush & Cash Hold'em, or Rush & Cash PLO, the amount equivalent to 1 big blind will be contributed to the jackpot fund before payout to the winner.
If the pot amount exceeds or is equal to 100 antes in Short Deck, 1 ante will be contributed to the jackpot fund before payout to the winner.
If the designated BBJ Winner (defined as the Pot Loser with the second-best hand) is deemed ineligible for the promotion due to factors such as country-specific regulations, the jackpot will be considered void and will not be awarded.
