Bad beat jackpot nears half a million dollars at UltimateBet

Ultimate Bet Many of the internet’s best poker sites have a bad beat jackpot of one kind or another but the bad beat jackpot at UltimateBet has really caught the imagination of online poker players across the world with enormous cash payouts to many players since its first introduction. However, we have some exciting news for bad beat jackpot fans. The bad beat jackpot nears half a million dollars at UltimateBet.

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At the time of writing this article the bad beat jackpot at UltimateBet stands at a colossal $498,665.56 and is rising as I type! The most recent winner (or loser) of the bad beat jackpot was ‘BLTBULLET’ who scooped a massive $75,857.53 for receiving a bad beat at UltimateBet’s special online poker tables.

If you face a huge bad beat, losing with quad eights or better while playing one of the bad beat tables at UltimateBet, you will win the lion’s share of the ever-increasing bad beat jackpot. When the bad beat jackpot is won the money is divided as follows.

Out of the original bad beat jackpot:
25% rolls over to seed the next bad beat jackpot
10% is taken as rake by UltimateBet

Out of the remaining 65%:
50% goes to the recipient of the bad beat
25% goes to the player who administers the bad beat (The Player that wins the hand)
$1,000 goes to every other player at that particular Bad Beat table
The remaining pot, whoever much that may be, is divided equally between all other online poker players sitting at tables of the same game type and stakes when the Bad Beat takes place.

To start playing online poker at UltimateBet and join the action at the bad beat jackpot tables simply click the UltimateBet banner above and register for your free poker account quickly and easily. New online poker players at UltimateBet will also benefit from a huge 111% first deposit bonus to help your bankroll management right from the off at one of the world's favourite poker sites.