Bad Beat Jackpot Hand Breakdown
Posted by CarbonPoker on 11th June 2009

carbonpokerpicOk boys and girls. Sit around and let me tell you a story about how Ween10 won $257,089.81 by losing a hand of poker.

Sounds crazy right? Well, as I told you earlier, the Bad Beat Jackpot paid out last night at CarbonPoker and Ween10 is one happy, happy loser.

Here’s the hand breakdown that lead to the mega payout:

Starting Hand #19036229-591
Ween10 is the Dealer
Shuffling Cards
sovdog Posted Small Blind $0.50
123maryc Posted Big Blind $1.00
Dealing Cards
kdawg1979 Raised to $3.00 – (Has Pocket Queens)
blugold40 Folds
TONGSI Folds
katrina24 Folds
Bucksfan1384 Folds
michael008 Folds
Ween10 Calls $4.00 — (Has Pocket 7s)
sovdog Folds
123maryc Folds
Dealing Flop (Js,7c,Qs) — (Both Now Have Trips)
kdawg1979 Bets $4.00
Ween10 Calls $4.00
Dealing Turn (Qc) — (4 of a Kind for kdawg1979)
kdawg1979 Checks — (I have a tough time checking with quads…Obvs going for a check-raise here)
Ween10 Checks
Dealing River (7s) — (4 of a kind for Ween10)
kdawg1979 All In
Ween10 All In
kdawg1979 Shows (Qd,Qh)
Ween10 Shows (7h,7d)
$19.92 Returned to kdawg1979 from Pot 2
kdawg1979 Wins $41.00 from Pot 1 with : Four of a Kind, Queens — Takes down a $60 pot!

Whoa, right? Right.

This is where it gets especially awesome:

Ween10 Wins $257,089.81 from the Bad Beat Jackpot (Bad Beat Loser)
sovdog Wins $18,363.55 from the Bad Beat Jackpot (Bad Beat Other)
123maryc Wins $18,363.55 from the Bad Beat Jackpot (Bad Beat Other)
kdawg1979 Wins $128,544.90 from the Bad Beat Jackpot (Bad Beat Winner)
blugold40 Wins $18,363.55 from the Bad Beat Jackpot (Bad Beat Other)
TONGSI Wins $18,363.55 from the Bad Beat Jackpot (Bad Beat Other)
katrina24 Wins $18,363.55 from the Bad Beat Jackpot (Bad Beat Other)
Bucksfan1384 Wins $18,363.55 from the Bad Beat Jackpot (Bad Beat Other)
michael008 Wins $18,363.55 from the Bad Beat Jackpot (Bad Beat Other)

Personally, I could really go for $18K for just sitting there while other players get Quads. Really, I could.

Track the Bad Beat Jackpot in real time at CarbonPoker. It’s just a little guy right now, starting out at about $147K. Still decent.

As you may remember, earlier this year, the BBJ paid out at over $1.2Million — a world record. Some student in NY won about $500K.  All this cash flying around makes me wish I’d start losing the right way.

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Bad Beat Jackpot Pays Out!
Posted by CarbonPoker on 11th June 2009

badbeatjackpotBig News!

The CarbonPoker Bad Beat Jackpot has paid out again. This time, over $514,000 was awarded to a lucky table of players after Quad Queens beat Quad 7’s.

As you guys know, the Bad Beat Jackpot pays out after a hand of Quad 7’s or better loses at the table. This is pretty insane.

The “loser” of the hand, Ween10, was awarded $257,089.81 for losing with a no-brainer.

Kdawg1979 took down about $60 from the pot and a sweet $128,544.90 with his share of the BBJ.

The seven other players that were just sitting there each took over $18K. Nice day at the tables, right?

In some heartwarming poker news, this is what kdawg1979 had to say:

“I also just wanted to let you know that two or three nights ago, I played in a freeroll, came in third and won five bucks. I got it up to $60 and went to the Bad Beat tables for about two hours and hit it for $128,000. I’ve never made a deposit and I’ve never had so much money before!”

kdawg1979 continued on, “It all came from the freeroll. I’m happy with my winnings. Thank you! It came at the right time. I have three boys and a wife. We were literally getting evicted. This was a blessing from God. Thank you again, Merge”

I love when promotions like this go off. A hand that started out like any other turns into a pretty monumental moment for all 9 players at the table.

I’ll be posting more on this later on today. Keep a look out!

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CarbonPoker’s Bad Beat Jackpot Keeps Climbing
Posted by CarbonPoker on 9th June 2009

badbeatjackpotAfter already breaking the Bad Beat Jackpot world record earlier this year with almost $1,200,000 for the beat (paying out $417,396 to one New York student), CarbonPoker’s healthiest Jackpot is on the move again.

At close to ¾ of a million bucks, the BBJ is getting heavy and starting to bulge at the seams. At the time of writing this, the jackpot was sitting at $728,036.82. Whoa.

How it Pays Out
If you’re playing on a Bad Beat table at CarbonPoker and lose with a hand of Quad 7’s or better, the Jackpot goes off.

Chips will literally be falling from the ceiling of the poker client.

Breakdown of Payment Structure

  • 35% to the Happy “Loser”
  • 20% to Reseeding the Jackpot (we’ve got to keep it going!)
  • 17.5% to the Still Happy “Winner” (the guy who beat your quads, or got a higher straight flush, etc)
  • 17.5% to Other Very Happy Players (must be deal in, not sitting out)
  • 10% to Merge Gaming

Now, I’m not an advocate of hoping-to-lose, but for this it really seems worthwhile. Next time you’re coming into a showdown with an absolute monster, you just might be hoping to see something better.

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Former State Trooper Guilty, Sentenced in Poker Robbery
Posted by CarbonPoker on 28th May 2009


It’s that old standard poker story:

  • Delaware state trooper plays in high stakes poker game
  • Three masked gunmen enter the room
  • Said trooper assists in “1st-degree robbery and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony”
  • Idiots get busted, plead guilty
  • Six years in jail for everyone!

This is pretty wild west for the great state of Delaware. If anything, this is good for their street cred.

The incident took place at the Wild Quail Country Club in February of last year. HyunJin Kim (the former trooper) says he’s sorry. So there’s that. Sentencing was carried out yesterday. So for the next six years, Kim will be playing for cigarettes and pretending he wasn’t a cop before landing in jail.

Lesson learned: watch your back in Delaware and lock the door while playing for high stakes. It must be a lot safer to play online… obviously.

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CarbonPoker World Record Bad Beat Jackpot Pays Out!
Posted by CarbonPoker on 14th February 2009
$1,192,560.60 Bad beat jackpot pays out $417, 396 to New Yorker

Six others also Share Record Jackpot!

February 13th, 2009 – One lucky player on the Merge Gaming Poker network from New York has just broken the world record for a bad beat jackpot proving Friday 13th is not so unlucky for some. The lucky player scooped $417,396 with the total Jackpot hitting a staggering $1.2m. The jackpot has already been reseeded and currently stands at $240,000.

Player RUGGIO scooped the World record prize by being beaten on the lowest stake jackpot table where blinds start at $0.50/$1. He held a straight flush from 7 to Jack of hearts. He was “beaten” by AELANI who was holding the Queen and King of Hearts giving him a higher Straight Flush. AELANI still took down $208,698 for his part. All the other five players on the table received $41,739 for just being there.

Ruggio holding 8,7 of hearts saw the flop come 3d, 9h Jh, sensing he needed any heart for a flush & the 10h for a straight flush he called AELANI’s $4 bet. The turn card fell a Queen of clubs, AELANI bet out $8, which was swiftly called. The river fell 10 hearts giving RUGGIO the straight flush, at this point he is thinking about how he has AELANI beat. AELANI bets out $20, which RUGGIO raised to $35, AELANI then re-raises all in which was called. To RUGGIO’s horror AELANI turned over Queen and King of hearts giving him a higher straight flush. His horror soon to turned to joy when he realized he had scooped $417,396 and the chips began raining down on his screen.

“My first reaction when I saw that I hit a piece of the Jackpot was ‘oh my God’, I am paying for college completely on my own through student loans so first and foremost I thought about how I would be able to pay off all my student loans and start my life in the real world debt-free.” AELANI, from Northwestern University, Chicago said of his win.

“Congratulations to all players who made this a part of history and share in the jackpot of almost $1,200,000, however, the fun is not over, the bad beat has been reseeded and is already sitting at $240,000.” commented Jay Manning, a Carbon spokesman. “We are thrilled that the Bad Beat has gone off and we have set a new bar for the industry. We never envisaged the Bad beat would take so long to hit, after all we have the lowest qualifying hand anywhere online”, said Manning.

The Bad Beat Jackpot, first introduced by Carbon Poker in mid 2008, this is the first pay out since its introduction, is seeded by $0.50 from every pot on all listed Bad Beat tables and pays out when a hand of quad 7’s or better is busted. Currently, this is the lowest qualifying hand for a bad beat in the online industry.

The Bad Beat Jackpot isn’t the only thing happening at Carbon Poker, with the highly anticipated 4.5 version of their gaming platform to be launched 1st March. The new software, which features an advanced mini mode and table customizer also coincides with the release of the new VIP program that will incorporate a brand new online store. “It’s a very exciting time at Carbon Poker, a lot is happening, the players love it and they are tuning in to what we are doing.” stated Manning.

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BIGGEST BAD BEAT EVER!
Posted by CarbonPoker on 22nd January 2009

Bad Beat Breaks World Record! Call The Press! Phone Every One You Know! Especially those guys at Guinness!

Carbon Poker’s, massive Bad Beat Jackpot has broken the world record in a blitz and has now become the biggest Bad Beat ever! The previous record which stood at around 1.013 million, was broken yesterday and shows no signs of stopping.

There are a number of Bad Beat Sit’n'Gos currently running in celebration of breaking the million dollar mark. So start playing now and win yourself a massive chunk of the world record winning Bad Beat Jackpot. For all you bloggers out there, read below about our Bad Beat Bloggers Challenge

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Bad Beat Bloggers Challenge
Posted by CarbonPoker on 20th January 2009

Many of you are active bloggers and run comprehensive and interesting blogs read by many people. All you have to do is post a blog about the Carbon Poker Bad Beat Jackpot becoming the biggest ever, or about breaking the $1 million mark. In return we will be holding a number of freerolls for all those who take part. Simply post your blog and then post in the appropriate thread in the player forum, with your user name and blog link and we will credit you with a coupon to one of the blogger freerolls. The blogger freerolls will be held in February, so you will have up until the end of January to post your blog links

Conditions: Blogs on social networking sites (Myspace / Facebook) are not included. Blogs must be unique, and cannot be copied content

Forum Link: http://forum.carbonpoker.com/showthread.php?t=19782

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$1,000,000 and Still Counting!
Posted by CarbonPoker on 20th January 2009

Carbon Pokers Bad Beat Jackpot has broken the 1 million dollar mark! This epic amount of cash shows no signs of slowing its growth. If only the economy would follow suit!

The seven figure jackpot is only just off breaking the world record mark too and is expected to take the title and smash its competitors in less than 24 hours. To celebrate the milestones achieved by the Bad Beat Jackpot, there will be number of special Bad Beat SitnGo’s and a Bloggers freeroll challenge. More details on this in the next post.

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Bad Beat: Bad Miss
Posted by CarbonPoker on 21st December 2008

Only a day after the Bad Beat Jackpot surpassed the $800,000 mark it had its closest call yet.
Im sure that its well known that you have to have quad 7′s or better busted to have the jackpot pay out, so when a player had quad 6′s busted by a straight flush, the tension must have been at a definitive high.

Taking place on the infamous Bad Beat La Grand Place table at the $.50/$1 stakes, it started with Shoe12 being dealt pocket sixes. The action starts with a fold, a call from Clintasaurus, a raise by Shoe12and two callers. The flop falls 10♦ 4♠ and 6♠. Destroyerhere leads the betting with top pair – 10♣ and A♥ in his hand. Clintasaurus raises on a straight flush draw and and Shoe12 with a set of sixes makes the call followed by destroyerhere.

The turn – 5♠.

Top pair for destroyer, a straight flush for Clintasaurus and trips for Shoe12.

Destroyer leads of with a check, Clintasaurus slowplays and continues the check, to Shoe12 who bets twice the blind. Destroyer folds as Clintasaurus makes the call. The River comes – 6♣

Clintasaurus checks, followed by a bet by Shoe12, a raise by Clintasaurus, two more re-raises take place before Shoe12 pushes all in. Clintasaurus makes the call to show 8♠7♠ as shoe turns quad sixes.

Unlucky Shoe12, and well played Clintasaurus. The Bad Beat marches on!

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How would you spend…
Posted by CarbonPoker on 8th December 2008

$257, 950….
How would you spend that amount of money? A new Mercedes?
5 Star hotels for two in the worlds greatest cities? Traveling the globe for the next 5 years? Seeing and doing everything you ever wanted?
A house payment? A 200 inch plasma TV? A holiday home in on a secluded beach in Thailand?
Heliskiing down K2? Become a high roller in Vegas? A suitcase full of $20 bills? A bath tub full of money to? Go on…you’ve always wanted to bathe in cash…

The possibilities are endless. But either way your life is guaranteed to change forever. This is the amount you would win as the loser of the Bad Beat Jackpot.

Currently sitting at just under $750,000 the Bad Beat Jackpot is going to make a handful of Carbon Poker Players, very very rich. You don’t even have to be the one who loses to the massive bad beat! You just have to be playing at the table!!!!

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