Kudos to both players, along with the other six individuals who were paid over $60,000 each for their table share, for receiving life-changing money. The poker player from West Virginia's quad aces were beat by the royal flush of local player Raymond Broderson, who received $368,029 of the seven-figure jackpot. Just ask Benjamin Flanagan, who won $490,708 in a hand he actually lost. But in other cases, such as what occurred at Rivers Casino in a $1/$3 no-limit hold'em game recently, losing a sick hand can actually pay off quite handsomely.

In most instances, losing a bad beat is costly. Sometimes, you're on the right end of them, and other times, you take one on the chin. Shaun Deeb organized a massive pool with thousands in the pot as dozens of poker players are chasing that life-changing score.īad beats are part of poker.

There's another type of jackpot, a non-poker related one, that's been taking the US by storm in recent weeks, and that is the Powerball jackpot, which has surpassed $2 billion. In Augst, the largest poker bad beat jackpot in US history - $1,227,765 - hit at Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh when quad aces lost (but won big) to a royal flush. Hand #1: An Even Bigger Jackpot at Playground ($2,200,000).Hand #2: Huge Hit at Playground Poker Club ($1,375,000).Hand #4: Carbon Poker Once Held the Record ($1,200,000).

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