Events are becoming synonymous with big jackpot payouts at Playground, and the March Power Weekend has delivered the fourth jackpot of the month! Following the three Bad Beat Jackpots – Omaha, Primary and Secondary – that were awarded in recent weeks, another Secondary Bad Beat Jackpot went off on table 2 last night.
The action started off innocently enough on a $1/$2 table with a UTG limp from Tony C in seat 9. The action folded around to Olivier B in seat 4 who raised it up to $15. His raise prompted calls from seats 5 and 7 before the action came back to Tony who re-raised to $87. Olivier maintained his aggression and raised all in for $179, enough to chase the other callers out of the hand, before Tony made the call.
Olivier and Tony opted to show their hands to reveal what the pre-flop action suggested: the “Hold’em nightmare.” Olivier’s pocket kings were up against Tony’s pocket aces. This hand, however, had a dream ending. They agreed to run the board three times, but the first runout delivered a result that would make them forget about the next two.
Flop: 
We were now one card away from the Bad Beat Jackpot. The case king, the 
, appeared on the turn!
The river brought the 
as the celebration erupted around the table. Tony’s aces full of kings lost to Olivier’s quad king, to make everyone at the table a winner.
The next two boards were of little consequence at this stage and both ran out in Tony’s favour. The second board, 
, and third board, 
, gave Tony two thirds of the $379 pot, but losing the first battle allowed Tony to win the war and take the lion’s share of the Secondary Bad Beat Jackpot!
The secondary jackpot is fixed at $25,000, with 50% going to the loser of the hand, 25% to the winner of the hand, and 25% shared between the remaining players at the table.
Congratulations to all!
