To help you shake off a bad beat, we'll toss a bonus your way. Did a four of a kind or better beat your aces full of kings? Collect a Bad Beat Bonus of 100X the big blind, and you'll pocket up to $1,000. Brush the dirt off your shoulders and get back in the game.

The poker Bad Beat jackpot (progressive jackpot) rewards unlucky players. Losing has never been so profitable! Bad Beat Jackpot Four eights or better. Micro Bad Beat Four twos or better. The player with a Bad Beat and the player with the highest-ranked hand must always hold a five-card poker hand that includes their two pocket cards. In the case of four of a kind, the player’s two (2) pocket cards must be a pair.

In order to claim the bonus

• Both pocket cards must be used by both the losing and winning hand.
• Three or more players must be dealt into the hand.
• Both the winning and losing hand must go to showdown.
• All hands must be played independently. If you reveal your hand or instruct others on how to act, you won't be eligible.
• You must be playing Texas Hold'em cash games. Tournaments not included.

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A loud roar went through the Harrah’s Philadelphia poker room early in the morning on April 5. After three months of building the bad beat jackpot fund, it finally hit for $179,313.40.

The turn was very kind to “Ibrahima D.,” in more ways than one. He turned quads and would soon realize they weren’t good enough to take the pot. Fortunately for him, “John T.” flopped a king-high straight flush, which made losing the hand very profitable.

Badbeat Hit Early Thursday Morning for $179,313.40.
Straight Flush beats Quad Queens!

New Jackpot is at $87,860.90 pic.twitter.com/0Dggw0F3rv

— HarrahsPhillyPoker (@harrahsPHLpoker) April 5, 2018

Ibrahima has $89,656.70 to help him overcome his bad beat, while John claimed $44,828.35 for the winning hand. That left the rest of the players at the table to split $44,828.35. Players can thank the two empty seats and the player in the bathroom for a slightly bigger payout than they would have received otherwise.

Bad time for a bathroom break

Darrell Peterson picked the wrong time to leave the table. He was in the bathroom when the action played out.

The players took pity on Peterson, though, each paying him out a small sum from their winnings. It seems fitting considering the hand wouldn’t have happened with him there.

“[It] wasn’t a huge score. But I did get a taste so, and I appreciated it because they didn’t have to,” said Peterson on Facebook.

Not everyone at the table participated in the unofficial payout to Peterson. Peterson, in good spirits about the whole thing, mentioned that one guy stiffed him.

The fourth bad beat jackpot in six months

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The jackpot is now at $87,860.90, which is bigger than the jackpot the last time it hit.

The last jackpot hit on a Friday evening in late December, for $77,426 when quad threes lost to quad nines. That was the third time in three months that the bad beat was hit at the Pennsylvania casino.

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In the middle of November, the jackpot hit for $85,224.40 and then again for $78,503 in early October

The largest poker bad beat jackpot in history

$179,313.40 is nothing to sneeze at, but it pales in comparison to the largest poker bad beat jackpot recorded.

Earlier this year, on Jan. 16, “Scott” had his quad threes beat by the quad queens of “Kenneth,” to claim their share of the $1,068,590 bad beat jackpot at Motor City Casino in Detroit, MI.

Scott took home $427,452 for his losing hand, while Kenneth pocketed $213,712. It always nice when losing pays off in a big way.

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Again, empty seats at the table meant a bigger paycheck for those observing this historic event. Each player received a whopping $106,856 each.

🚨OUR BAD BEAT JACKPOT WORTH OVER $1,000,000 JUST HIT!!!!!🚨 The winning hand received $213,712.76, the losing hand received a whopping $427,452.52, and the other players at the table received $106,856.38 each! Congrats to all of the winners! 👏💵💰💵 pic.twitter.com/E86zTKHeZx

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— MotorCity Casino (@MotorCityCasino) January 17, 2018