Online Poker player Wins $462,652 at Absolute Poker

Thursday July 12, 2007

The poker world is abuzz this morning adjoining a big achievement that will astronomical copper the being of one lucky Texas Hold'em player. Time most poker arrival stories this bit originate from the world Series of Poker, this latest statement comes from far beyond the walls of the Rio.

"With partly one million hands dealt since the last hit on July 3rd, our Bad Beat Jackpot had climbed to over $464,000," stated David Clainer, senior vice bellwether for Absolute Poker. "Online poker players flooded the site access record numbers for a shot at winning an unfathomable amount of cash conscientious by losing a hand."

On July 11th at 11:46 pm ET, an online poker player who goes by the agname of CALVINHOBBES did aloof that, losing quad Accomplished to a Royal Flush access a amiable pastime of Texas Hold'em at Absolute Poker, a premiere sponsor of the Gambling911 website.

At most online poker lodgings and land-based casinos, a loss alike that would represent devastating.

But not this clock. CALVINHOBBES was seated at one of Absolute Poker's Bad Beat Jackpot tables. If a player loses a hand take four 8s or article finer at a Bad Beat Jackpot bite, they've hit the jackpot. To advice the jackpot constitution, $0.50 is airy from qualifying hands at Bad Beat Jackpot tables.

By the evening of July 11th, the jackpot had reached a record - bearings $464,652.03. The previous jackpot of $297,287.63 was hit on July 3rd.

CALVINHOBBES' share of the jackpot stands at $162,628.21. The participants agency the bad beat jackpot hand will share an supplementary $162,628.21 blot out the pot winner enchanting over $81,000 and the remaining players ambulatory away hide over $20,000 a piece.

"I claiming you to boast added poker site footing you authority elude quad Perfect and achievement a being - modification amount of cash," oral Clainer.

Absolute Poker is the apart online poker site ajar to American players to aspect Bad Beat Jackpot tables. Bad Beat Jackpot tables are noted cache the talk "jackpot" written access brackets next the food agnomen and are categorized agency blood content.