This history-making win happened in a $1-$3 game of no-limit Texas hold’em. In the hand of a lifetime, one player had four aces and was beaten by another player with a royal flush yet the “loser of the hand” earned $490,708, the largest share of the jackpot.
$1.2 Million Dollar Bad Beat Hits at Rivers Casino PittsburghĪfter months of anticipation, the $1,226,765.80 poker bad beat jackpot hit around 4:15 P.M.