The Bad Beat Jackpot has been a popular promotion since the beginning here at Playground Poker Club. Over the years the BBJ has changed a few times, and the next version of the Bad Beat Jackpot – which is actually THREE Jackpots – starts immediately. The new Bad Beat Jackpot has three elements. First is the Primary BBJ: the jackpot starts at whopping $100K and the minimum qualifying hand starts at Quad Aces (in other words, a player has to lose a hand with AAAA including the pocket AA to a straight flush or better) in week one. But then it gets fun… the minimum qualifying hand goes down every second week thereafter. The Secondary BBJ requires a player to lose a minimum $20 pot with AAAKK (including a pocket pair). The third element is a new Omaha BBJ – losing with Quad 8s just got a lot more interesting! […]