The Bad Beat Jackpot on the Merge Gaming Network is nearly $1,000,000. This is one of the largest online poker Bad Beat Jackpots in history. The Merge Gaming Network includes the online poker rooms Carbon Poker and Lock Poker. Merge Gaming accepts players from the U.S.
The Bad Beat Jackpot is released when a players loses four of a kind 7’s or better at a Bad Beat Jackpot table. Both players must use both hole cards. There must also be four players dealt in the hand, and the pot must be $5 or more. Each pot that reaches $5 has $.50 taken from the pot that goes towards the Bad Beat Jackpot so the jackpot will continue to grow until it is hit by a lucky poker table.
When the Bad Beat Jackpot is hit, 70% of the Bad Beat Jackpot is distributed to the players that were dealt in the hand. Of that 70%, the player that lost the hand with four 7’s or better receives 50%, the player with the winning hand receives 25%, and the rest of the players dealt in that hand divide the remaining 25%. Of the 30% that is held back, 20% of the jackpot is held over to seed the next jackpot, and 10% is held by the house as an administration fee.
Bad Beat Jackpots of this size are very rare in online poker, especially for players in the U.S. Make sure to sign up today for the largest U.S. friendly online poker and get to the Bad Beat Jackpot tables before the jackpot is hit.
