The poker player took part in a game of cash game after he had already flown out of a poker tournament earlier in the evening. When playing the player, the English poker player automatically entered a Bad Beat Jackpot. A Bad Beat Jackpot is a jackpot that is organized by the Gosvenor casino, the jackpot is paid out if a player loses with a very strong hand. After the player lost by 4-10 and against a straight flush there was first a lot of counting. But that statement quickly turned into surprise and joy after he was informed that he had won the Bad Beat Jackpot of a huge 114 thousand pounds.
The Jackpot is built up every week that it is not hit with 15,000 pounds extra. In the first week you will be paid the jackpot if you lose with 4 Aces. The 4 four of a kind 10 and with which the 51-year-old player won the jackpot was therefore not enough to win in the first week. If in the first weeks no one manages to lose with 4 aces then in the second week 30,000 pounds goes into the jackpot and losing with 4 Kings is also enough. By the time the lucky winner from Sunderland won the jackpot, losing by 4-2 was enough. As a result, the player managed to win 140,000 pounds with his four of a kind tens.