Absolute Poker's Bad Beat Jackpot Quickly Reaches Six Figures After $300,000 Win

Popular online poker site Absolute Poker's Bad Beat Jackpot continues to grow, now faster than ever.

Miami, FL (PRWEB) November 25, 2007 -- Less than 24 hours after doling out a Bad Beat Jackpot valued at more than $300,000, Absolute Poker is reporting that the jackpot of its popular online poker game has once again reached six figures.

On November 18th at 21:44 ET, an online player who goes by the name of NEELIX40 won Absolute Poker's $308,379.28 Bad Beat Jackpot after losing a hand of Texas Hold'em poker while holding Quad Nines.

OATSFORXMAS, the player who won the online poker hand holding Quad Aces, secured $50,111.63 for delivering the bad beat to NEELIX40. Four other players seated at the table where the bad beat occurred each took home an additional $12,527.90 just for witnessing the event.

Online poker players looking to get in on the good fortune don't need to look very far. By early Monday afternoon, Absolute Poker's Bad Beat Jackpot had climbed to over $101,000.  Absolute Poker's Bad Beat Jackpot is just like regular Texas Hold'em but with a slight twist. If a player loses a Texas Hold'em hand holding four 8s or anything better while seated at a Bad Beat Jackpot table, they'll win a large piece of the Bad Beat Jackpot.

To help the jackpot build, $0.50 is collected from qualifying hands at Bad Beat Jackpot tables. The jackpot keeps growing until someone hits a qualifying bad beat, at which time a large percentage of it is distributed amongst the bad beat victim and the participants in the online poker hand.  The next player to lose a hand holding four 8s or anything better will win a large piece of the rising jackpot. The participants in the bad beat hand will also share in the winnings.

Full details can be found at www.absolutepoker.com.

Absolute Poker Packages $325,000 in Triple Header Mondaysled the Triple Header.

Miami, FL (PRWEB) November 8, 2007 -- Absolute Poker today announced a new weekly online poker tournament that promises to catapult the winner into the industry's most popular guaranteed events.

"We've extended the excitement of our guaranteed weekend tourneys by brining an incredible new event into the mix," stated David Clainer, senior vice president for Absolute Poker.

The online poker site has added the Absolute Poker Triple Header to its tournament schedule. The single Texas Hold'em tournament takes place every Monday at 20:30 ET and pays out a seat in three major online poker tournaments including:

§         Saturday's $150,000 Guaranteed Poker Tournament

§         Sunday's $75,000 Guaranteed Tournament

§         Wednesday's $100,000 Pro Bounty

Collectively, the three online poker tournaments feature $325,000 in guaranteed prize money. Online poker players can buy directly into the event for $150+12 or satellite into the tournament for as little as $5.

Complete details on the Absolute Poker Triple Header are available at Absolute Poker.

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