It’s almost as exciting for us as it is for the winners. “When we launch a bad beat jackpot, we have no idea when it will hit or how big it will get. “It’s absolutely thrilling and potentially life-changing for a poker game to pay out at this level,” said Andre Barnabei, assistant general manager at Rivers Casino Pittsburgh, in a press release. The remaining six players split the other 30% of the jackpot for $61,338 each. Thanks to that fourth ace, his hand was good for $368,029 and the pot of white and red chips. Raymond Brodersen of Wexford, Pennsylvania (a suburb of the Burgh), had already made his royal flush on the turn while holding K♠ T♠. The “loser,” Benjamin Flanagan of Huttonsville, West Virginia, won $490,708 after he spiked his fourth ace on the river. at Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh, unlocking the $1,226,765.80 bad beat jackpot that has been growing since April 14, 2021. The largest bad beat jackpot in US history was hit on Aug. And, with that, a story we told you about yesterday came to a close when the biggest bad beat jackpot in US history was finally hit. One player holding a seemingly unbeatable hand of quad aces lost at showdown to a royal flush. In the end, it probably couldn’t have ended in any more appropriate fashion. How Much Money Can You Make Playing Poker?.
