Rivers Casino's Million-Dollar Bad Beat Jackpot Becomes Poker Draw
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Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh is offering a million-dollar bad beat jackpot. It's twice the amount it had previously awarded for a bad beating. The jack pot grows by a couple thousand dollars every day. The largest bad-beat jackpots were reported from Detroit's Motor City Casino and Playground Poker Club. If the Rivers prize doesn't reach $1.5 million within two to three weeks, it could be the largest in U.S. casino history.
Rivers Casino's Bad Beat Jackpot at $1 million has become Poker Draw. The poker room was shut down for many months due to COVID-19. It reopened in March 2021. Before the pandemic, the poker rooms had discontinued any version of a bad beat jackpot. Leslie Brittain, manager of the Rivers pokerroom, wanted to bring it back. The idea of huge bad beats is attractive to players. Texas hold 'em involves each player receiving two hole cards and sharing five community cards on the board. A quad 10’s minimum is required to win a Texas Hold”em.
Rivers Casino's Million-Dollar Bad Beat Jackpot Becomes Poker Draw. The current bad beat criteria began on March 1, 2021 and hit on April 14. A player with quad kings was beaten by one with a royal flush. Five mini bad beats have been held since then. Current mini-bad-beat jackpot is $104,506.
Rivers Casino's Bad Beat Jackpot has reached $1 million. The poker room is busier because of the promotion. Some poker players are not enamored with the idea. The only other Pennsylvania casino using the same quad 10’s minimum qualifier for a bad beat is Rivers Philadelphia. It only pays out a set $50,000, rather than increasing the jackpot daily. Other potential bad beats payouts currently advertised in Pennsylvania range from $35,717 at Hollywood Casino at the Meadows to $319,307 at Wind Creek Bethlehem. There are different criteria for what hands must play out.
