Record Bad-Beat Poker Jackpot Hit In MichiganSeven-Figure Jackpot Goes To Player Who Lost With Quad Threes |
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A seven-figure bad-beat jackpot was hit Tuesday at one of Detroit’s three casinos. The amount is said to be a new record for U.S. soil.
The jackpot in Motor City Casino’s poker room, which has 17 cash game tables, stood at $1,068,590.80 when the winning hand occurred. A player lost with the 3
3
on a board reading Q3
53
Q.
Quad threes were no good against an opponent who held the QQ. But, with a massive bad beat on the line, losing with quads is a poker player’s dream. The size of the pot itself was inconsequential relative to the bonus in the form of a bad beat.
The losing hand won $427,400, while the player with quad queens took home $213,700. There were only four other players at their table at the time, and they each pocketed $106,800.
After it was hit, the jackpot was reset at just under $500,000, the casino said on Twitter. Under Motor City Casino rules, the bad-beat hand must involve quads beating quads, as a straight flush beating quads would not count.
“There are winners every day on the floor, but it’s not every day that a jackpot that big hits,” Phil Trofibio, Senior Vice President of Motor City’s Casino Operations, was quoted by MLive.com. “Congratulations to all the players at the table.”
While the nearly $1.1 million jackpot reportedly is the largest of its kind in the country, it definitely doesn’t hold the top spot in North America. In August, a $1.2 million jackpot was hit at a $1-$2 table at the Playground Poker Club in Québec, Canada.
OUR BAD BEAT JACKPOT WORTH OVER $1,000,000 JUST HIT!!!!! The winning hand received $213,712.76, the losing hand received a whopping $427,452.52, and the other players at the table received $106,856.38 each! Congrats to all of the winners! pic.twitter.com/E86zTKHeZx
— MotorCity Casino (@MotorCityCasino) January 17, 2018
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