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

World's Largest!

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.