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Big winner at Bad Beat
August 9, 2009, 5:58 am (2 years ago)One lucky online poker player has won a gigantic prize after losing a hand even with holding 4 jacks thanks tothe International Poker Network (IPN) and its bad beat jackpot.
Playing under the nickname ‘AlkaliEars’, the fortunate player earned Ђ144,473 of the Ђ412,781 jackpot whilst the hand’s victor won Ђ72,236 with the other participants at the table getting Ђ24,078 each.
“My heart sank when my rival unveiled 4 kings to defeat them. But then I remembered that by losing with such a great hand I had won the bad beat jackpot.”
The IPN is Europe’s biggest independent poker network and is managed by GTech G2. The network has some of the world’s most well-accepted online poker sites including VirginPoker.com, PokerHeaven.com and Casino-Club.com and regularly hosts guaranteed one million Euro competitions.
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