The six remaining players at the table each received approximately $61,000. The remaining jackpot money is split equally between the remaining players at the table.The player with the winning hand receives 30% of the jackpot.The player who suffers the bad beat receives 40% of the jackpot.When the 'Bad Beat Jackpot' is triggered, the progressive jackpot, which had reached a total of $1.22 million, is split between all players at the table by varying percentages. Megabucks: This is the largest progressive jackpot in New York State, starting at 1 million and growing until someone wins it. Broderson won over $368,000 with the winning hand. When his four aces were beat by the royal flush played by Raymond Broderson, of Wexford, the Rivers' 'Bad Beat Jackpot' was triggered. On Thursday afternoon at the Rivers Casino on Pittsburgh's North Shore, Benjamin Flanagan, of West Virginia took home nearly $500,000 when his four aces were beaten by a royal flush in a game of no-limit Texas hold'em. PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -A West Virginia man playing Texas hold'em suffered one of the worst bad beats you can imagine - and came away as a big winner as a result. big win 2.jpg Schenectady, N.Y.
Bad beat in Rivers Casino poker game triggers record jackpot 00:48