What is Jackpots in PokerBros
Huge Jackpots
PokerBros BBJs Lead the Way
One of the most exciting parts about PokerBros’ union model of consolidating clubs is shared and absolutely massive bad beat jackpots. These jackpots award huge sums of chips to any player ‘unlucky’ enough to lose the pot with a qualifying hand. Technically, any club wishing to seed an initial jackpot with 3000 chips can offer a jackpot, but the biggest jackpots always come from the unions as they have the most hands played. Jackpots frequently get past 80,000 chips. Anyone at the table automatically gets paid chips instantly as part of the table share, and the winner of the hand get the second biggest share of the hand. Technically, the real bad beat is on the person who wins the hand because they get only have as much for making a a stone cold monster!
Basic Rules of the Bad Beat Jackpot
If you are wondering where the chips for these jackpots come from, they come from designated tables that are clearly denoted BBJ tables. To contribute and be eligible for the bad beat jackpot, the hand must be equal or bigger than 10 big blinds. Four players are also the minimum to be dealt in, and the bad beat jackpot does not apply to Bomb Pots or double flop games. There is one quirk that does happen often (as most BBJs are big pots all-in), and that is that pots run more than once are eligible, but it’s only the first runout that matters when it comes to the bad beat jackpot.
Qualifying Hands
One nice thing about the PokerBros jackpot scheme is that the jackpot’s pool is shared across games. You can win a jackpot in NLHE, Limit Hold’em, PLO, Limit Omaha, and the five card high only variants of Omaha. There is of course a slight catch lest you think you will grind only 5-card Omaha, and that is the minimum hand to get beat increases as the permutations of hands do. Texas Hold’em games must get aces full of jacks or better beaten by at least quads. Two cards from each hand must play for both hands involved.
When it comes to plain jane bluff ’em early and often 4-card Omaha, you need quad Kings beat to take it down. The two card rule would be superfluous in Omaha, since you must use two, and only two cards from your hand. (A little tip for the two card chicken donkeys that might be upset when an Omaha table scoops the lot.)
As for 5 card, it’s going to be a sick one when the BBJ hits, because it takes an 8-high straight flush or better to get beat to make it rain PokerBros chips on the table.
Jackpot Sizes
The minimum amount for a jackpot is 3000, but it’s usually way more. A lot of land based poker rooms have reserves for the jackpot so it never goes below a certain point when one hits. This is so people are still enticed to play after a hit. However, PokerBros uses a clever system to both reward higher stakes players, but make sure the jackpot is always worth winning. Much like the difficulty increasing as the game gets more combos, the progressive jackpot payout table shows how chip awards range from 15% at the lower stakes games, to a solid 85% at the games 25-50 and above.
Liquidity
The chip liquidity of the jackpot is automatic, and the jackpot amount you see in the PokerBros client is accurate up to the minute. All tables listed as BBJ automatically seed the jackpot from each pot more than 10bb. Like the progressive jackpot award amounts based on stakes, the fee contributed to the jackpot is also progressive. The higher stakes you play, the less the contribution is.
Payouts
While the chip payouts are instant to your account, you might need to wait some days to fully withdraw those chips. That’s simply because of the way unions settle balances every Monday between clubs. It’s laborious, and complicated, and depending on your union, they might not have the full jackpot in chips on hand. Every club in the union is responsible for the BBJ. So if you hit it, you can take the week off if you’d like. Enjoy lightning striking in a good way.
A: PokerBros Jackpots are a feature of PokerBros’ union model of consolidating clubs, where massive sums of chips are awarded to any player who loses the pot with a qualifying hand. The biggest jackpots often come from the unions due to the high volume of hands played.
A: To be eligible for the bad beat jackpot, the hand must be equal or bigger than 10 big blinds, and a minimum of four players must be dealt in. The bad beat jackpot does not apply to Bomb Pots or double flop games, and only the first runout counts for pots that run more than once.
A: Qualifying hands depend on the type of poker game. In Texas Hold’em, you need aces full of jacks or better beaten by at least quads. In 4-card Omaha, you need quad Kings beat. For 5-card variants, you need an 8-high straight flush or better to get beat.
A: The minimum amount for a jackpot is 3000 chips, but it’s usually much larger. Jackpots frequently exceed 80,000 chips. The chip awards from the jackpot range from 15% at the lower stakes games, to 85% at the games with 25-50 and above.
A: While the chip payouts are instant to your account, it might take some days to fully withdraw those chips. This delay is because unions settle balances every Monday between clubs. Each club in the union is responsible for the Bad Beat Jackpot.