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Originally posted by str8outavannuys
Bad beat jackpots (at least in California) require that you lose with Aces-full or better to four-of-a-kind or better. It almost always happens when three aces hit the board.
I've gotten a table-share once. I was a newbie. Everyone went nuts, and was yelling for low cards. I didn't really understand why. Turns out, someone had A-10, and someone else had a pocket pair.
Here's the thing, for the house to pay-off, both hole cards must play. So the person sitting with A-10 was rooting for low cards to hit the board on the turn and the river. They did. The bad-beat jackpot ($8800) got split 20% (hand winner)/ 60%(hand loser)/ 20% (split among the rest of the players at the table). So my table share was about $350.
Kick ass. I expected the action at that 3/6 table to get a little looser after the jackpot. It didn't.
Interestingly, jackpots have created a new breed of poker player - the jackpot rat. They sit around and play very tight strategies with the goal of lasting as long as they can, hoping to hit jackpots.
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I wish I were better/richer/braver, and I'd try and play more at real poker houses. Instead, I just play in Vegas, and still lose money, but it's a flight away, instead of 15 minutes. I guess that's a good thing.
