WOW! EmpirePoker.com brings you another great way to win:
The Bad Beat Jackpot.
There's nothing bigger or better than winning the jackpot! And there's double the fun when the jackpot gets BIGGER AND BIGGER as you play!
On Bad Beat tables you're a winner if you lose with a hand of 'Four of a Kind', eights or better.
Click on the image below to find out more about the jackpot:
Progressive Bad Beat Jackpot:
Our Progressive Bad Beat Jackpot was hit over 80 times in 2005 and paid out more than $8.5 million to EmpirePoker.com players.
LOSE TO WIN!
Play on our Bad Beat Jackpot tables and win if you lose with a hand of 'Four of a Kind', eights or better.
Fund distribution
Every time the jackpot is hit, 70% of the jackpot will be distributed and 20% will be used as a seed for the next jackpot. 10% will be retained by EmpirePoker.com as an administrative fee. Of the distributed amount, 50% will go to the loser of the hand (the Bad Beat), 25% to the winner and 25% will be split between the other seated players who actively participated in the hand (any player who was sitting out will not receive a portion of the jackpot).
To qualify for the Progressive Bad Beat Jackpot
- Bad beats will be paid out on real money Hold'em games (Limits $2/$4, $3/$6, $5/$10, $10/$20 and $15/$30), only available under the Bad Beat Jackpot Tab
- Four or more players must be dealt into the hand
- Players sitting out do not qualify for the jackpot
- The losing hand must contain four of a kind, eights or better to qualify
- The best hand for both the winner and the loser must include both of their hole cards and the hand must go to a showdown
- The hand must be raked and the jackpot contribution collected from the hand in order to qualify for a bad beat jackpot
- If there are two or more hands that qualify for the jackpot within one hand, then the two highest hands will be considered for the jackpot, with the highest hand being the winning hand (the winner) and the second highest hand winning the bad beat (the loser of the hand)
- In the event that two qualifying jackpot hands are hit at exactly the same time, the hand that started first (based on our system clock) will be awarded the jackpot
- Players must play their hands independently and cannot tell opponents how to act or reveal their hand to other players. Violations will disqualify the hand from the jackpot
Other conditions applicable to the jackpot
- The jackpot contribution will be collected only if the hand is dealt on a jackpot table to four or more players and a rake is collected from the hand
- The jackpot contribution is collected from the pot as soon as the first rake is collected in the hand
- The jackpot contribution is collected only once during the hand and the value of the jackpot contribution is $0.50
- The jackpot contribution collected on any jackpot table is displayed on the right-hand side of the dealer
- These contributions are added to the jackpot until it is hit.
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