Pennsylvania residents Scott Thompson and Brent Enos won the lion’s share of one of the biggest bad beat jackpots in live poker Tuesday night at Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh.
Two poker players from the North East won a pot they’ll never forget in a low-stakes no-limit hold’em game, just like the rest of the players at the table.
Thompson had four aces, an unbeatable hand in terms of winning money, because in Rivers the Bad Beat jackpot was awarded if the other player had a better hand. That’s exactly what happened when Enos opened the royal flush.
As a result, four of a kind took home 40% of the jackpot, or $362,250, and Royal Flush took home $271,686 (30% share). The remaining six players at the table each received $45,281.
“We are unexpected and excited to become a national jackpot hotspot,” said Bud Green, general manager of Rivers Casino Pittsburgh. “Congratulations to our award-winning guests and team members at our Rivers Pittsburgh poker room for a job well done. ”
The poker room’s Bad Beat jackpot has been reset and the current minimum qualifying hand is 10 or higher, beaten by a stronger hand.
While the November 28 jackpot is huge, it is not the largest jackpot ever seen at a Pennsylvania poker room. In August 2022, Rivers won a $1.2 million jackpot, the largest prize in US live poker history. In that Four Aces match, which also lost to a Royal Flush, West Virginia player Benjamin Flanagan and local player Raymond Broderson took home a total of $858,000.
But the biggest live poker bad beat jackpot in history came in August at Canada’s Playground Poker Club, with a prize of C$2.6 million (approximately $1.9 million US).
Post time: Dec-01-2023