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Jackpot - Poker (gambling)

A progressive prize in some card rooms given to the player who gets, in lowball, a 6-4 beat, or, in high, a given hand, perhaps aces full, or four of a kind, beat. The procedure for collection of the prize fund differs in each card room. In some, part of the antes or blinds, called the jackpot drop is taken each hand and added to the jackpot fund. The procedure for awarding the jackpot also varies widely. In some clubs, the fund is for all games; in others, it is for a specific game. That is, for example, the 2-4 hold ' em may have one jackpot, while the 3-6 and 5-10 each has its own separate jackpot. The usual procedure is the holder of the beaten hand receives the largest share of the jackpot; the holder of the hand that beats the loser receives a smaller percentage; while the remainder of the players split a third portion. The division might be 50% of the jackpot to the loser, 25% to the holder of the winning hand, and 25% split to the other players at the table. Other divisions are found, also. In some large clubs, the jackpots frequently grow into the tens of thousands of dollars, leading to the interesting phenomenon of players specifically trying to get their hands beat, and often staying in for several bets on hands they might not otherwise play. The rules for collection and disbursement of jackpots changed in California in 1998, but the effect remains about the same. Also called bad beat jackpot.

When is a bad beat not so bad? When you're playing jackpot poker, of course. A number of cardrooms offer sizeable jackpots for particularly bad beats. The rules vary somewhat, but typically you must have aces full or better beat (sometimes by quads or better). If the game is hold'em, often both players must use both of their pocket cards. Other rules and technicalities make it worthwhile finding out just what could invalidate a jackpot before you play your first hand. Typically the "loser" gets the lion's share (e.g., 50%), the winner of the hand the next largest share (e.g., 25%), and often the remainder of the table splits the rest of the jackpot. The jackpot itself is usually built by a jackpot drop from every hand, sometimes the entire small blind. Jackpots for low-limit games are often in the tens of thousands of dollars, and can get very big if no one wins for a while.

Feelings about jackpot poker are divided. Some players get upset about all the bad beats they take at the hands of wild players chasing every remote chance at the jackpot, and resent the extra money taken out of every pot. On the other hand, jackpot poker is certainly popular, and it's hard to argue with anything that fills seats.

Poker jackpots have recently been outlawed in California. As far as I know, the lottery is still legal.

Yay, I hit the jackpot.

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