MotorCity Casino Pays Out Record Poker Bad Beat Jackpot

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Within the poker community, bad beat stories are about as popular as head lice and paper cuts. Almost every poker player reacts with a roll of the eyes whenever someone starts recounting their tales of the most devastating defeats they’ve experienced. In reality, it usually just ends up being the typical bad beat that every poker player has encountered at some point.

However, occasionally, a story of a devastating loss defies expectations and, on rare occasions, ends on a positive note. This was the recent scenario at the MotorCity Casino in Detroit.

The million-dollar bad beat

Scott from Oxford, Michigan, engaged in a low-limit poker game at MotorCity on Tuesday, Jan. 16. Despite holding a formidable hand consisting of four 3s, Scott unfortunately succumbed to defeat when his opponents revealed four queens.

Despite losing the pot worth a few hundred dollars, Scott’s hand at MotorCity Casino triggered the massive bad beat jackpot, which had accumulated to over $1 million. As a result, Scott walked away with an impressive sum of $427,452.

There were other winners as well, as reported by the Detroit News.

After accumulating over several months, the ‘Bad Beat’ jackpot reached an impressive amount of $1,068,590. Out of this sum, the four 3s claimed 40 percent of the total, while the winning hand secured 20 percent, equivalent to $213,712. The remaining balance was split among the other players at the table. Since there were only six players in total, the remaining four individuals each walked away with $106,856.

How a bad beat jackpot works

Poker rooms often feature frequent bad beat jackpots, which serve as major attractions for low-limit players.

The details of a bad beat jackpot differ among casinos and depend on the following factors:

• The division of money;
• At what size does the pot need to be for the bad beat jackpot to be triggered?
• Which hand is necessary to meet the requirements?

Rooms that have jackpots at MotorCity will collect an additional dollar from every qualifying pot (a pot that amounts to $20 or more). This extra dollar is then contributed directly to the bad beat jackpot.

In MotorCity, the requirement for a qualifying hand is to have four of a kind, while ensuring the usage of both the hole cards and three community cards to form the hand.

Largest in US history but not the largest ever

Although the jackpot at MotorCity was the largest ever in US history, it was still smaller than the record set at the Playground Club in Montreal last year.

Since everyone loves a bad beat story…

In the early 2000s, I experienced my own unfortunate bad beat tale at Foxwoods. Despite its lack of a happy ending, it remains an intriguing story by bad beat standards.

In the game of Limit Hold’em, just like in many unfortunate tales that start with a bad beat, I found myself holding a pair of pocket aces.

I had an incredible hand with top set on the flop, A-8-x, causing the betting to intensify rapidly. To my delight, the turn revealed another 8, granting me aces full and seemingly securing my win. The betting continued at a rapid pace, with numerous raises, until my opponent decided to go all-in and revealed their pocket 8s.

However, that’s not the unfortunate tale of bad luck.

On the subsequent hand, I found myself with pocket aces, managed to flop a set, but unfortunately suffered defeat as my opponent hit quads on the turn, this time with a pair of 6s.

It was over 15 years ago, so my recollection of the exact details regarding the betting and board cards may be a bit hazy. Nevertheless, I distinctly remember being dealt pocket aces consecutively in two hands. Remarkably, I managed to form a full house on both occasions. However, despite this stroke of luck, I ultimately succumbed to defeat as my opponent revealed an unbeatable hand consisting of quads.

However, unlike Scott from Oxford, all I possess is a narrative.

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