Micro jackpot
Smaller, but a Bad Beat all the same
Poker Bad Beat
Lose to win.
Progressive jackpot Bad Beat
Lose to win.
That’s the spirit!
Progressive jackpot Bad Beat
Lose to win.
That’s the spirit!
Progressive jackpot Bad Beat
Lose to win.
That’s the spirit!
Bad Beat,
in short
Lose to win
The Bad Beat offers a progressive jackpot that rewards unlucky player. If you are headed towards winning the hand but are beaten at the showdown, you win the Bad Beat jackpot!
How to win
In the poker lobby, choose a Texas Hold’em Poker table reserved for Bad Beat jackpots. To win, get the second-highest ranked hand in the game with:
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.
Distribution of the pot
50%
Player with the Bad Beat
(second highest-ranked hand)
25%
Player with the highest-ranked hand
25%
Shared equally by all other players from the table who received two pockets cards and remained seated at the table until the bad beat jackpot is triggered
If your memory fails you
Review hand rankings on the poker hands page.
What’s a progressive jackpot?
Progressive jackpots increase with the bets placed by all players at tables reserved for Bad Beat games. When they are won, they are reset to the previously-determined basic level.
Currently in play
at Québec’s casinos
Other conditions apply. Complete rules are available at the casino.
In the event of a discrepancy between the amounts appearing on this site and those displayed at the casino and in the poker room, the latter shall prevail.
