There are worse bad beats than others. But in the case of a West Virginian poker player, his losing with a great hand on Thursday afternoon brought in about $500,000 for him.
The bad beat jackpot at Rivers Casino Pittsburgh was activated on Thursday after a Texas Hold ’em player lost a game despite having four aces. The players at the table divided more than $1.2 million as a result of the enormous loss. With the four aces, Benjamin Flanagan of Huttonsville, West Virginia, took home more than $490,000.
At the $1-$3 table of no-limit Texas Hold ’em on Thursday, Benjamin Flanagan of Huttonsville, West Virginia, hit four aces in a row. That is almost always a winning hand.
The crucial word in that last phrase was almost because Raymond Broderson of Wexford, Pennsylvania, drew a royal flush, the highest possible hand in poker, in the same game.
The “bad beat jackpot” at Rivers, a progressive jackpot that was up to more than $1.2 million, was triggered by that sequence. The Rivers Pittsburgh jackpot was won for the first time on Thursday after being hit for roughly $150,000 on April 14, 2021.
According to Rivers Assistant General Manager Andre Barnabei, the game has the potential to change people’s lives. The previous record payout, which occurred five years ago and totaled more than $480,000, was shattered on Thursday.
We have no idea when a bad beat jackpot will hit or how big it will grow when we launch one, according to Barnabei. We experience almost as much excitement as the winners do.
Anytime a player obtains a four of a kind of 10’s or more, at the same time that another player has a higher four of a kind or a straight flush, the jackpot is paid out. Flanagan got $490,708 or 40% of the jackpot in accordance with the jackpot criteria. In addition to taking home the game’s total, Broderson also received 30%, or $368,029.
Everyone at the table received a share. Each of the other six players received $61,338.
How Do the Odds Look?
For those who don’t play poker, Texas Hold ’em deals each player two cards, one face down and the other up. Three community cards are dealt face up after a betting round. A fourth community card is dealt, then there is another round of betting, followed by another round of betting. After the last card is dealt, there is one more round of betting before the remaining players reveal their hands, which are made up of the best five cards from their two cards and the five communal cards.
So how uncommon are both a royal flush and four of a kind in a Texas Hold ’em game? One manufacturer of playing cards claims that the chances are extremely unlikely.
According to BicycleCards.com, the likelihood of a royal flush defeating four aces is one in 165 million hands.
About Rivers Pittsburgh
Rivers is one of five casinos operated by Chicago-based Rush Street Gaming. The land-based casino is located not far from where the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers meet at the Ohio River in Downtown Pittsburgh.
With 30 poker tables, Rivers Pittsburgh has the second-biggest poker room of any casino in Pennsylvania, according to the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB).
According to the PGCB, Rivers also has 99 live dealer or electronic table games. With 2,466 slot machines, it offers the third-most of any casino in the Keystone State.
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