Qualify at ring game tables and get paid when your huge hand loses at showdown. See trigger hands, eligibility rules, payouts, and stake distribution.
Turn coolers into cash at Stake – $1,000,000 Bad Beat Jackpot
Turn a brutal cooler into a banner moment at Stake.com. If your monster hand gets cracked at showdown—under the right conditions—the $1,000,000 Bad Beat Jackpot pays out instantly to the table.
How It Works
- Join a Ring Game table that shows the Bad Beat Jackpot icon in the lobby
- Play Hold’em or Omaha
- If a qualifying losing hand hits at showdown, the jackpot is awarded automatically
Bad Beat Trigger Hands
- Hold’em: AAAJJ (Aces full of Jacks) or better
- Omaha: 2222x (quads deuces) or better
Eligibility Checklist
- The hand must go to showdown
- Both winner and loser use exactly 2 hole cards to make their final hand
- For a four of a kind to qualify, the losing player’s hole cards must include a pocket pair
- At least 4 players must be dealt in to the hand
- If the board is run multiple times, only the first board can trigger the jackpot
- Players not dealt hole cards are ineligible
- Any player dealt into a potential jackpot hand must remain at the table until the hand ends to be eligible
Jackpot Payout Split (per blind level pool)
- Bad Beat Winner (pot loser): 8%
- Bad Beat Opponent (pot winner): 5%
- Other Players at the table (split equally): 3%
Each blind level has its own jackpot pool; payout percentages are the same at every level.
Jackpot Fund & Stake Distribution
- Hold’em and Omaha share the same jackpot fund
- 2.5% of all Ring Game rake feeds the jackpot fund
- Each Ring Game stake has a separate pool with the following distribution:
| Stake | Share of Jackpot Fund |
|---|---|
| $2.50 / $5 | 56.67% |
| $1 / $2 | 22.67% |
| $0.50 / $1 | 11.33% |
| $0.25 / $0.50 | 5.66% |
| $0.10 / $0.20 | 2.27% |
| $0.05 / $0.10 | 1.13% |
| $0.01 / $0.02 | 0.22% |
Terms & Conditions (Key Points)
- Only Ring Game tables showing the Bad Beat Jackpot icon qualify
- Not available for non‑Ring Game formats
- Prizes are awarded immediately at the end of the hand and credited to player wallets
- Check transaction history to view previous jackpot wins
- Leaving the table before the jackpot triggers means no payout
- Stake.com terms apply
Ready to turn a nightmare river into a dream payout at Stake? Take a seat at a qualifying Ring Game table and let the cards fall—one showdown could unlock a slice of the $1,000,000 Bad Beat Jackpot.
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