Bad Beat and High Hand Jackpot Rules

Participation in the bad beat and high hand jackpots during NCPC Season 1 events is voluntary - only players who buy in to the bad beat/high hand jackpots at the beginning of the game are eligible to win the jackpots.

“Bad Beat” means a High Ranking Poker hand that is beat by a higher-ranking hand (e.g., Aces Full of Eights losing to Aces Full of Nines).

Both the winning and losing hands must use both of their hole cards to create the highest possible hand. Player(s) playing Aces Full must have at least one Ace in his/her dealt down cards.

Players must play their hands independently. Any discussion of the prize during the playing of the hand may void qualification for the prize. If any player, whether directly or indirectly involved in the hand, passes information or instructs another on how to act or reveals his/her hand to other players, the Bad Beat will be disqualified.

The Jackpot Coordinator reserves the right to verify eligibility of all qualifying hands. There will be no recourse if the cards are mucked before being able to verify the hands and the community cards.

Best losing hand of the night. The simplest and easiest bad beat jackpot is to award that money to the player with the best losing hand of the night. The entire jackpot is awarded to the loser, it is not spread out amongst the table and/or chopped between the winner/loser. Using this method, we do not have a minimum losing hand requirement or else we might not get a payout - the best losing hand of the night wins the entire jackpot.

For the High Hand Jackpot, both cards in your hand must play. The hand does not need to be called, nor does it have to be played to the river (i.e. If you flop a Royal Flush you win!).

A player must be holding a pocket pair to qualify for quads jackpots.

Best winning hand of the night. The simplest and easiest high hand jackpot is to award that money to the player with the best winning hand of the night. Using this method, we do not have a minimum high hand requirement or else we might not get a payout - the best winning hand of the night wins the entire high hand jackpot.