We often say that there’s a special excitement when a Bad Beat Jackpot is hit during one of the premier poker festivals we host at Playground – and that goes double when a Jackpot grows beyond the norm… like when the PLO Jackpot recently surpassed the $100K mark!
That was the exact situation at Playground at around 1:00am on January 29, when on table 43, a $2/$2 PLO table, a hand developed that would prove to meet the requirements for the Jackpot!
Calvin L (seat 2) opened the action in the hand with a raise to $10, which was followed by folds all around to seat 8, which was occupied by the player known best as Agi. He called, and the hand was heads up to the flop.
Flop: 
The action on the flop went check-check, and the dealer put ou the 
on the turn.
Agi opened with a bet of $25 – Calvin made the call, and the dealer put out the river card.
River: 
– an action card!
Agi once again opened, this time betting $50 but he wasn’t met with a call – Calvin raised to $150. But Agi had the goods: raise all in! Calvin called: time for showdown.
Calvin: 
Agi: 
Quads over quads! Just like that, the Jackpot had been won. Agi was the loser of the hand and therefore the winner of the Jackpot and he will get 40% of the total and will receive $41,654, while Calvin, the Jackpot loser, will be paid $20,827 (plus the pot, of course).
There were 6 other players at the Jackpot table, and each of them will receive $3,471. Plus – every other PLO player in the room will also get a share. There were 32 other PLO players at the time, and each will receive $650.
Congratulations to everyone!
