Dear Affiliate,
At 23.12 ET on Thursday 14th August the world record for an online poker Bad Beat Jackpot was broken. The industry record previously stood at $992,000 but during frenzied action last Thursday night on PartyPoker.com one lucky table hit a whopping $1,013,381.63!!!
The win came on a $0.50/$1 table and the actual pot amount was only $24. Judith75 (Mark Schaeuble) from Germany who held four of kind 9’s lost the hand against Hiyaall (Douglas Whitrick) from Scotland with a royal flush. Judith75 who lost the hand by a Bad Beat won $354,683.57 while the hand winner Hiyaall scooped $177,341.79 +$24 from the pot. The other eight players at the table won $22,167.72 each.
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