It isn't often that a player takes a monster beat and still finds himself a winner, but for Steve Gedney, his recent Bad Beat Jackpot win at Caesars Atlantic City paid off in spades when his quad fours fell victim to rivered quad Aces. Although he lost the hand, Gedney walked away a monster winner, taking the record for the largest Bad Beat payout to date — $553,958.
The heads at Caesars are thrilled that Gedney's win has helped draw attention to the casino's poker room. 'This is an unforgettable day for everyone at Caesars, especially our loyal players and dedicated poker team,' said Joe Domenico, senior vice president and general manager of Caesars Atlantic City.
'The energy building in our poker room over these past months has been incredible and to see it culminate in this record setting jackpot couldn't be more rewarding. As the leader in table games action in Atlantic City for over 30 years it seems only fitting that this record Bad Beat Jackpot stay at Caesars,' he said.
Oct 31, 2008 Typically the payout is divided as follows: 50% of the jackpot total is received by the player who LOST the bad beat hand. 25% of the jackpot total is received by the player who WON the bad beat hand. 25% of the jackpot total is divided equally among the remaining players at.
The Bad Beat Progressive Jackpot at Caesars Atlantic City is a prize paid when the four-of-a-kind is shown down and the player loses to an even stronger hand held by another player. When a jackpot is won, it is split among all players sitting at the table at the time of the bad beat with the losing hand getting the largest share. The breakdown sees 50 percent go to the losing player, 25 percent goes to the winning player, and the remaining seven players that the table see the last 25 percent equally divided amongst them.
Bad Beat Jackpot Payouts:
Losing Hand, First Place: Steve Gedney - $276,979.
Winning Hand, Second Place: Chris Dobrzanski - $138,489
The remaining seven players at the table each took home $19,784.
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Rivers Casino Bad Beat Jackpot
Whether you play poker for fun or your livelihood, real-world casinos serve it with something that online can’t duplicate: dealers who enjoy the game as much as you do.
“You want your staff to be poker players … (and) see the room through the eyes of the players,” says Bill Entenmann, director of poker operations at Parx Casino, whose poker room generates more revenue than any other in the state “People who don’t play themselves don’t understand what the customers’ needs are.”
Pennsylvania Live Poker
Across Pennsylvania, casinos appeal to poker players not only with knowledgeable staffs but also with a plethora of tournaments, a broad range of table limits, and promotions such as high-hand bonuses and bad-beat jackpots.
Pennsylvania’s 10 largest casinos offer live poker, and a $600 million casino being built in South Philadelphia includes plans for a 33-table poker room. The rooms range from 48 tables at Parx to only seven at Presque Isle in Erie. All are smoke-free and publicize their offerings on the Bravo poker app.
Pittsburgh-based poker player David Eldridge, who has cashed in several WSOP tournaments and played on TV’s “Poker Night in America,” provides a checklist for a good poker room reflects what many players want:
- A decent-sized room that is separated from the smoke and noise in the rest of the casino
- Comfortable chairs
- Efficient and effective management, such as the handling of waiting lists or disputes
Beyond those, he enjoys amenities such as phone-charging ports at each seat, working wifi, good food options and the availability of tableside massages. While he usually looks for higher stakes cash games that typically would be offered at only one table, he says players at smaller stakes find more table selection at larger rooms.
Bad Beat jackpots and high-hand bonuses attract many players who enjoy $1-3 or $2-5 no-limit or $3-6 and $4-8 limit, but higher-stakes players often turn up their noses at such promotions.
Entenman said some view the extra dollar of rake taken from each pot to fund those promotions as “a lottery ticket” they’re forced to buy.
Generally, Pennsylvania poker rooms rake 10 percent of the pot up to $5, plus $1 or $2 for promotions. Hold ’Em and PLO are the most common games; the most prevalent no-limit games are 1-3 and 2-5, with limit games typically 3-6 or 4-8.
Pa Sands Poker Bad Beat Jackpot
Internet gambling is on the horizon in Pennsylvania, with nine of the 13 land-based casinos applying for licenses to offer online poker in PA, other table games, and slot-like games. Applicants paid $10 million each for the licenses and include Stadium Casinos, whose Philadelphia facility is scheduled to open in 2020.
If Pennsylvania casinos follow New Jersey’s lead, many online promotions and tournaments will wind up bringing those players into the casino. Here’s a look at what each Pennsylvania poker room offers.
Cardrooms and Poker Rooms in Pennsylvania
Mt. Airy Casino Resort
Location: 312 Woodland Rd. Mount Pocono, PA 18344
Phone: (877) 682-4791
Website:www.mountairycasino.com/casino/poker/
Tables: Nine
Promotions: High-hand bonus
Comp rate: $1 per hour
Online Poker Partner:PokerStars PA
Real Money Online Poker: Real money on
Trivia: Mt. Airy’s non-casino offerings include an 18-hole lakefront golf course and a 16,000-square-foot spa, salon and exercise facility.
2017-18 gross poker revenue: $1.24 million, up by about $55,000
Parx
Location: 2999 Street Road Bensalem, PA 19020
Phone: 267-525-7300 (poker room)
Website:www.parxcasino.com/poker
Tables: 48
Promotions: High-hand bonuses, with winners also qualifying for twice-a-month cash drawings; Bad Beat jackpot; quarterly Big Stax tournaments; World Poker Tour stop.
Comp rate: $1 an hour for 1-2 no-limit; increases with higher stakes
Extras: Phone-charging port at each seat; free wifi; rake for promotions limited to $1 per pot
Trivia: New poker room opened in January as part of a $50 million project that included the addition of the XCite Center concert venue. It includes 28 large-screen TVs and a three-table high-limit room. Poker Operations Director Bill Entenman says Tuesdays tend to be the nights for high-limit games; a recent Tuesday had 10-10 No Limit Hold ’Em, 15-30 and 40-80 Limit Hold ’Em, 50-100 HOE and 10-10 PLO in addition to more than a dozen more common games, such as 1-3 and 2-5 No Limit Hold ’Em.
2017-18 gross poker revenue: $17.3 million, up by about $14,000 from 2016-17.
Rivers
Location: 777 Casino Drive Pittsburgh, PA 15212
Phone: 412-566-4606 (poker room)
Website:https://www.riverscasino.com/pittsburgh/casino/poker-room
Tables: 30
Promotions: High-hand bonuses; Bad Beat jackpot; regular stop for “Poker Night in America;”
Comp rate: $1 per hour
Extras: Call-ahead seating good for up to an hour; phone-charging ports at each table.
Trivia: Rivers was the site of two showdowns between some of the world’s top heads-up poker players and Artificial Intelligence units developed at Carnegie Mellon University. In the 2017 test, which involved 120,000 hands over 20 days of play, the AI crushed the four human pros, the first such victory in the world.
2017-18 gross poker revenue: $6.6 million, down from $6.7 million
Harrah’s Philadelphia
Location: 777 Harrah’s Blvd. Chester, PA 19013
Phone: (800) 480-8020, Option 3
Website:www.caesars.com/harrahs-philly/casino/poker
Tables: 28
Promotions: High hand bonus, typically paid every hour or half hour; Bad Beat Jackpot, quarterly Diamond Delight tournaments that include cash prizes plus entry into WSOP Main Event and Millionaire Maker tournaments or Diamond level players club membership for a year.
Comp rate: $1 to $3 per hour, depending on game and blind structure
Extras: Mississippi Straddle allowed on all Hold ’Em and Omaha games; “run it twice” option allowed on time-raked no-limit and PLO games.
Trivia: Only World Series of Poker-affiliated room in the state
2017-18 gross poker revenue: $4.77 million, down from $5.3 million
SugarHouse
Location: 1001 N. Delaware Ave. Philadelphia, PA 19125
Phone: 215-717-3883 (poker room)
Website:www.sugarhousepoker.com
Tables: 28
Promotions: High-hand bonus, can qualify by playing one hole card.
Comp rate: $1 to $2 an hour, depending on game
Extras: In-seat text-to-order food service available
Trivia: Regular stop for “Poker Night in America”
2017-18 gross poker revenue: $7.9 million, up from $7.7 million.
Sands
Location: 77 Sands Blvd. Bethlehem, PA 18015
Phone: (877) 726-3777
Website:www.pasands.com/en/Gaming/poker-room
Tables: 26
Promotions: Bad Beat jackpot
Extras: Phone-charging ports at each seat; complimentary beverage service; massage service available.
Trivia: The Sands, currently owned by Sheldon Adelson’s Las Vegas Sands Corp., is being sold for $1.3 billion to Wind Creek Hospitality, an affiliate of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians of Alabama. The sale is expected to be final by early 2019.
2017-18 gross poker revenue: $10.5 million, down from $11.1 million
Mohegan Sun Pocono
Location: 1280 Highway 315 Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702
Phone: (888) 946-4672
Website:www.mohegansunpocono.com/playing/poker
Tables: 18
Promotions: Bad Beat Jackpot for both cash games and tournament play; progressive royal flush jackpot for each suit grows by $25 per day; daily tournaments.
Trivia: Mohegan Sun was the first legal casino in Pennsylvania, opening in November 2006. The casino and its 400-acre site are owned by Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut.
2017-18 gross poker revenue: $2.3 million, down from $2.7 million
Hollywood at Penn National
Location: 777 Hollywood Blvd. Grantville, PA 17028
Phone: (717) 469-2211 Opt. 9
Website:www.hollywoodpnrc.com/casino/poker
Tables: 17
Promotions: High-hand bonuses; Bad Beat jackpot; cash rewards for 50 or more hours played per month.
Comp rate: “Rake Back” offers cash for hours played per month, starting with $50 for 50 to 74 hours and maxing at $150 for at least 150 hours.
Foxwoods Poker Bad Beat Jackpot
Extras: Phone charging ports available at each table
2017-18 gross poker revenue: $3.6 million, down from $4.3 million
Meadows
Location: 210 Racetrack Road Washington, PA 15301
Phone: 724-503-1700 (poker room)
Website:www.meadowsgaming.com/casino/poker-room/
Tables: 14
Promotions: Bad Beat jackpot, with minimum qualifying hand reduced as jackpot grows;
Comp rate: $1 per hour
Tidbits: Regular stop for Heartland Poker Tour
Extras: Poker room overlooks harness-racing track
2017-18 gross poker revenue: $2.2 million, up from $1.8 million
Presque Isle Downs
Location: 8199 Perry Highway Erie, PA 16509
Phone: (814) 866-8379 (poker room)
Website:www.presqueisledowns.com/gaming/poker
Tables: Seven
Promotions: High-hand bonuses; Bad Beat jackpot; players with seven visits per month are entered in a drawing for a $75 dinner for two at casino’s LBV Steak and Pasta restaurant.
Comp rate: $10 food voucher after three hours of play
Trivia: Room opens at 10 a.m. Saturday and Sunday, at noon Monday through Friday; it remains open as long as there is substantial play.
2017-18 gross poker revenue: $947,293, down from $981,057.