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Originally Posted by The Drifter
Hold up. Why would the quad Aces get the BBJ?
The quad Q's got beaten by two players.
What if there was a side pot, potentially larger that the main? Can you win the hand and still get the low end jackpot?
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Originally Posted by Mat the Gambler
Most Bad Beat Jackpots specifically mention that it only depends upon what happens in the main pot.
Every casino will have it's own set of rules that are approved by their governing body, but in this weird case where there are 3 qualifying hands they take the 'top 2' ranking hands for the BBJ.
It's true ... and hopefully paid out correctly to our OP ... that he actually won the side pot against the quad Qs but since the drop for the BBJ comes out of the main (normally) that's where they look at all qualifying hands.
Should a main pot somehow not meet the threshold ($10 or $20) for a BBJ drop but a side pot (when combined with the main) does push it over the threshold, then that's the pot they would look at for the qualifying hands.
Can you imagine if the Royal was all-in for $6 in the BB here and the main pot was only $19!! Talk about a bad beat ...
If the quad Qs had been the short stack here, then the Royal wins it all anyway .. So it wouldn't matter that he was part of both the side and main pots. GL