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Pays to Be Bad: Players Rack Up Some Major Jackpots at GGPoker

It’s been a few weeks of bad beat jackpots across GGPoker platforms. The online poker site has chalked up more than $300,000 in payouts since just before the new year.

A bad beat jackpot is awarded in cash games when a player lands a premium hand and still loses to an even bigger hand. For example, the recent payouts came as players actually lost hands with quads.

The player who loses the hand rakes in the largest share of the jackpot with the winning player also getting a big chunk. The other players at the table also receive a nice reward from the pool as well.

Several players were happy to have been at these tables over the last month.

Bad beat jackpot No.1: Massive payout on GGPoker/WSOP site in Canada

The first big bad beat payout came on Dec. 28 at WSOP.ca. The site that is a partnership with the World Series of Poker in Ontario, Canada. WSOP.ca features championship ring and bracelet events throughout the year and is exclusive to that Canadian province.

In an Omaha cash game in early January, a player named “Bafaym” flopped a royal flush. A second player named “timmy turnem” landed a set on the flop with his pocket Queens. The case Queen then fell on the river and brought about the $130,673 payout.

The winner of the hand collected $27,515 from the pool. The “loser” grabbed $84,853 and three other players at the table scored $6,788 each. The huge hand seemed to kickstart a few weeks of massive payouts on GG.

Bad beat Jackpot No.2: King Richard with Queens

Another batch of Omaha players cashed in again on Jan. 19 for another $94,924. During the hand, “Jakob Madsen” was in a great spot by flopping four Kings.

Another player named “richardtkr94” held Queens and landed a third on the flop. When that fourth Queen hit on the river, the bad beat jackpot was triggered.

That meant some hefty winnings for all players at the table. Richardtkr94 was rewarded with $65,016 while his opponent landed $19,913. The other two players at the table won $5,201 for just being at the table.

What had been a much smaller pot ballooned to a massive payout.

Bad beat Jackpot No. 3: Quads quiver on the river

As if those two payouts weren’t enough, another table cashed in on Jan. 22 when two players were heads-up with huge hands. A player named “Africabomb” held 9♠9♦ and found a third 9 on the flop.

An opponent named “Martin Neil” scored a flush and gutshot straight draw with his 10♣7♣. The 9♣ on the river gave Africabomb four of a kind. However, that also gave Martin a straight flush.

For the losing hand, GG shipped Africabomb a payout of $70,700. As the winner, Martin scored $22,897. The other three [ayers no doubt appreciated their share of $5,612 each for a total of $108,040 paid out.

Sometimes being in the right place at the right time really pays off.

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