Microgaming Bad Beat Jackpot Returns Today

Microgaming Bad Beat Jackpot Returns Today
3/19/2013

The Microgaming Bad Beat Jackpot went off line March 6th to prepare for the new jackpot promotion. It returns today with a new twist. Gone are the Bad Beat Jackpot tables that used to be available across the network. Now all Texas Hold'em tables will have the option to opt into the Bad Beat Jackpot.

Players will be given the option to post a €.02 ante to participate in the jackpot. Any player that opts in will be able to share in the jackpot when it is released.

The Microgaming Bad Beat Jackpot will be released when an opted in player loses 2222x or better to another player that opted in when both players use both hole cards. When that happens, the losing player will receive 40% of the jackpot and the winner will receive 20% of it. Players that are opted in at the table will share 10% and players at the same limit at other tables will share 10%. The next Bad Beat Jackpot will be seeded with the remaining 20%. Unlike Bad Beat Jackpots at other poker rooms, there is no administration fee or additional rake on the jackpot.

The current Bad Beat Jackpot is over €921,600. This is the largest jackpot ever at Microgaming and one of the largest online poker Bad Beat Jackpots in history. Players are sure to flock to the MPN tables with the lower qualification and massive prize waiting to be won.

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Merge Gaming to End Bad Beat Jackpot

Merge Gaming to End Bad Beat Jackpot
8/24/2012

The Merge Gaming Network, currently the 2nd largest site to accept players from the United States, is removing their popular Bad Beat Jackpot tables after the next jackpot is hit, which currently stands at over $300,000.

The removal of Bad Beat Jackpot tables is nothing new for online poker rooms. Party Poker removed their Bad Beat Jackpot tables earlier this year, while many other networks such as Ongame and iPoker have shied away from offering the tables over the years.

The games are generally not seen as being a positive influence to the poker ecology of a network. While the extra rake is taken from every player that sits down at these tables, only a select few are ever lucky enough to receive a return from the tables. Quite often a big winner will merely withdraw their funds from the site, with the funds never to be introduced into the "poker economy" again.

Many fans of the Bad Beat Jackpot tables will undoubtedly not be pleased with the change; however, most observers believe that the change is the in the best interest of players long term. 

Players can continue to receive 35% rakeback and access to $100,000 in monthly races when signing up at poker rooms such as Carbon Poker through rakeback.diguk.com. 

If you still crave a Bad Beat Jackpot table, we recommend taking a look at the Bad Beat Jackpots available at Poker Heaven or Americas Cardroom for U.S. players.