On September 27 at Playground Poker Club in Quebec, Canada, a player named Yann won the hand at $2/$5 no-limit hold ’em game where he rivered quads of aces over the turned quads of nines from the “loser” of the hand named Elie.
The river triggered a Bad Bead Jackpot, and it was the second biggest Bad Beat Jackpot ever with a total of $1.7 million, which was split into parts; Elie, who lost the hand with quads of nines, won 40 percent ($640,004) of the total jackpot, Yann who won the hand rivering the quads of aces won 20 percent ($337,096) of the jackpot, another 20 percent ($48,156 each) was given to other seven players at the table, and the last 20 percent was divided among all the players sitting in the cash game tables (75 tables in the poker room).
The Bad Bead Jackpot is triggered when a full house (at least AAAKK) is beaten by better hands like quads, straight flushes, or royal flushes. The rules are different in certain casinos, but they don’t vary too much from the example.
