Motor City's BBJ has a specific rule where it must be quads over quads to qualify with a pocket pair as your hand. The $1 million jackpot was twenty times bigger as much as the current jackpots at rival casinos in Detroit – $55K at MGM Detroit and $41K at Greektown. The previous jackpot record at the Motor City Casino was $569K, which hit in May 2016. The table share was worth $106,856.38 for 10% each. The game that night was only six-handed (versus the usual 10), so rest of the table share of 40% was split equally among four players (identities unknown at this time). Kenneth dragged pot with quad Queens and his 20% share of the bad beat jackpot was worth $213,712.76. With quad treys, Scott won 40% of the BBJ for a total of $427,452.52. The quads over quads thanks to the Queen of Hearts qualified for the bad beat jackpot. Things went nuclear when spiked on the river. The dealer burned and turned the and Scott turned quads to take the lead. Scott held pocket threes with, but Kenneth led with pocket Queens and. On a board of, both players flopped a set. At a six-handed table, two players named Scott and Kenneth (surnames withheld) were involved in a pot that would go on to make history.īoth players held pairs going into the flop. The jackpot sat at $1,068,590.80 before the infamous hand began.

While the Red Wings were en route to a 4-2 loss to the Dallas Stars, an innocuous poker hand triggered a seven-figure bad beat jackpot. Six gentlemen played cards in the poker room and hockey flickered on the flat screen in the background. Drinks are on Scott and Kenny! It seemed like any other Tuesday night at the Motor City Casino in Detroit.

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