When the Rivers poker room began a new jackpot on Mamonths after return from a COVID shutdown - poker manager Leslie Brittain sought to add the excitement of a potentially high jackpot by setting an unusually high requirement. Most casino poker rooms have some version of a bad beat jackpot to add another element of high-reward gambling, with each venue applying its own rules for a payoff, and thus the monetary size varying greatly from room to room.

“All the places near me have bad beats, but not anywhere near this much.” Rivers wanted something to grow big “I play anyway at home, so I figured I might as well play somewhere where there’s a big money pot,” said the 47-year-old. Vinnacombe and the rest know the odds are long - “astronomical, I’m certain,” he said - but it doesn’t keep them from thinking about it every time they sit down at a table. It grew another $1,720.68 Tuesday, because neither Vinnacombe nor any of the 100-plus other players showing up throughout the day ended up in any showdown with the necessary qualifying hands. Is anybody interested in taking a road trip to Pittsburgh to spend an outrageous amount of time in the Rivers Casino poker room trying to hit the bad beat? īased on tough criteria of a hold ‘em player needing to lose a hand in which he has quad 10s or better, the prize amount keeps growing by more than $1,000 daily, based on the promotional rake taken from every hand. 16, 2018, at Detroit’s Motor City Casino. Last Friday, it surpassed the prior known record for such an award - $1,068,590 given out to six players on Jan.

Penn Bets wrote early this month about how the prize had reached the $1 million threshold. history, now standing at $1,082,547.66 as of Wednesday morning.

The reason: The casino is offering the biggest reported “bad beat” poker jackpot in U.S. He had driven 4 ½ hours across the state from his Luzerne County home, regardless of gasoline costs, while dreaming of the scenario. He’s a dealer, after all, in Wind Creek Bethlehem’s poker room, in addition to playing serious cash games elsewhere with hopes of besting other competitors in Texas hold ‘em.īut seated at a table with six other players on a Tuesday night in the Rivers Casino poker room in Pittsburgh, he was hoping to lose a hand - and lose big.

Scott Vinnacombe understands poker better than your average player.

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