I was in the big blind, playing 6 handed. The first player limped, the second player (Joel, a host for the $500 NL game), raised, and everyone folded to me. I reraised with QQ, the limper folded, and Joel called. The flop was A86, and I bet (not my standard play, but I think it was okay against Joel, who I think is more likely to call me with a pocket pair than to try to bluff my with one). Joel called. The turn was another A. I checked, Joel bet, and I called (I had the jackpot possibility in mind at this point, but I likely would have called anyway). The river was a third A. I sat straight up a bit in surprise. Again, I checked, Joel bet, and I called.
"I hope you have it," said Joel, but I wasn't sure if he meant he hoped I had the A (he could have been holding KK, QQ, JJ, or TT, and hoping that I had the A, but he probably would have expected I would keep raising in that case). He showed AJ. The bad beat jackpot require that both cards in both players' hands play. The losing hand must be aces full of tens or better, and the winning hand must be four of a kind or better. I've come close to winning before, but was thwarted by my opponent's small kicker not playing.
The jackpot was up over $46k (it starts at $40 and goes up by a few hundred a day until it is hit). I got 45% (20,911), Joel got 20%, the other four player in the hand got 5% each, and the players at the other 20-40 table shared the last 15%.
We had to wait two hours to get paid (the excuse was that another jackpot was hit in the casino just after ours, and we had to wait for all the paper work to be done). After finally getting my money (paid in chips), I opened a player's bank account so that I would not have to carry it all home with me. So now I have money at the casino that I can withdraw whenever I want, which is nice because I don't have to carry much cash to the casino with me anymore.
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Have you made any observations on how the economy has affected business at the Bike? The APC tournament series is attracting woefully few players, despite a great structure, with thousands of chips, extra rounds and 40 minute round times. Is this just because people don't want to play tournaments on the main floor or is attendance down all over?
Hey Craig, sorry I didn't respond earlier. I'm not really sure why the APC didn't attract more players, but I think it is true that attendance is down all over.
The tournaments certainly attract more players to the casino, and there are always a few more games, mostly NL, when the big tournaments are running. I haven't heard anyone complaining about having to play on the main floor, but then again, I haven't asked.
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