Online Poker Players Hit Record-Breaking $996,115.28 Bad Beat Jackpot at Absolute Poker. Absolute Poker today reported that its Bad Beat Jackpot was hit shortly after 9pm ET on Sunday evening, less than $4,000 shy of hitting the $1 million mark. The record-breaking $996,115.28 jackpot is the largest Bad Beat Jackpot ever won in online poker history. 

“We’re hitting milestones, breaking records and making ordinary poker players extraordinarily rich,” stated an Absolute Poker spokesperson. “Bad Beat Jackpot continues to attract an enormous number of poker players to Absolute Poker and we can’t wait to beat the industry record we just set once again.” 

The latest bad beat win happened on June 22nd at 9:06pm ET just one year after Absolute Poker launched the Texas Hold’em-based jackpot game to the delight of US players. An online poker player with the moniker RIVERMAN1969 from Pasadena, Maryland lost a hand of Texas Hold’em with four tens to BFOXY’s four queens, securing $325,212.40 for his loss. BFOXY left the table $163,343.67 richer and 88 other online poker players shared in an additional $163,343.67, including those seated at the table where the bad beat occurred and those seated at Bad Beat Jackpot tables featuring the same stakes and game type. 

The popped jackpot eclipses the previous industry record held by Absolute Poker . On August 29th, 2007, the popular online poker site swiped the record for the largest Bad Beat Jackpot ever won in online poker history from Party Poker. 

With more and more players flocking to Absolute Poker for a shot at winning hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash just by losing a hand of Texas Hold’em, the jackpot could easily reach a million dollars on a regular basis. 

Absolute Poker is paying players for their losing hands. 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. The winner of the hand, the participants in the online poker hand and players seated at Bad Beat Jackpot tables with the same game type and stakes also share in the jackpot.

To help the jackpot build, $0.50 is collected from qualifying hands at Bad Beat Jackpot tables. 

Full details on Absolute Poker’s Bad Beat Jackpot game can be found at www.absolutepoker.com.

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Joe Hachem was born in Lebanon in 1966 and moved to Australia in 1972. He is the first Australian to win the WSOP, having won the main event in 2005 and pocketing $7.5 million. He is only the 4th non-American to have won the World Series of Poker. A former chiropractor, Hachem started playing poker online and at live events in Melbourne; since winning the big one at the WSOP, he now plays poker worldwide and has amassed impressive record-setting statistics. For instance, he is one of only four poker players to have won both the WSOP and the WPT.

As if the 2005 World Series Of Poker main event win wasn't enough to keep Hachem on cloud nine for years to come, in 2006 he won the World Poker Tour Five Diamond Classic title, which netted him nearly $2.2 million more. Not surprisingly, he set another record when he became the 2nd poker player to have winnings of more than $10 million. He is also involved in the WSOP Academy, which is an instructional poker camp staffed by some of the world's greatest poker players. One of the Academy's functions is to provide instruction to poker players who are competing in the WSOP Main Event for the first time.

In 2007, Hachem was elected to serve on the World Poker Association's (WPA) first board of directors.  WPA seeks to promote integrity and ethics in poker. One of his first duties as a member of the board is heading up a membership drive at the 2007 World Series of Poker. Hachem is married and has four children.

2008 WSOP - Which player will last longest in the $50,000 buy in HORSE Event (Event 45) at the 2008 WSOP occurring June 25, 2008?

At least one player must earn cash for wager to have action. Not all players need to participate for a wager to have action.

• Eli Elezra 15/2  
• Barry Greenstein 9/2  
• Doyle Brunson 6/1  
• Patrik Antonius 6/1  
• Daniel Negreanu 9/2  
• Phil Ivey 9/2  
• Allen Cunninghman 6/1  
• Freddy Deeb 6/1  
• David Williams 15/2  
• Chris Ferguson 15/2
  

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On Saturday, June 21st and Sunday, June 22nd, UltimateBet will show its support for Ante Up For Africa with a weekend of No Limit Texas Hold’em tournaments. 

In addition to holding two days of tournaments where all fees are donated to Ante Up For Africa , UltimateBet is also auctioning off a number of sought after items on their auction site.  Players will be able to use their points to bid on such items as private poker lessons with Annie Duke, Scott Ian (Anthrax) autographed CDs and more.  Knowing that they are not only bidding on some great items and life experiences, players will get the satisfaction of knowing that they are contributing to this worthy cause as well. 

“We all know poker is about making money but this is a great chance to throw in a little charity with the chips” stated a UB spokesperson. “We hope to assist in beating last year’s total donations and are calling on all our players to dig deep for this very worthy cause.” 

Proceeds from all donations provide aid and assistance to the survivors of the crisis in Darfur , Sudan and support activism dedicated to resolving this crisis 

Last year, the inaugural Ante Up For Africa poker tournament in Las Vegas generated more than $700,000 in donations for the cause.  The event was attended by a number of A- list celebrities from both Hollywood and the poker world including the likes of Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Adam Sandler, Shannon Elizabeth, Jason Alexander, Kevin James, Cheryl Hines and Montel Williams. 

The 2008 Ante Up For Africa poker tournament takes place on Wednesday, July 2nd at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. Hosted by Annie Duke and Don Cheadle, the event will be emceed by the one and only Phil Hellmuth and a similar list of celebrities are expected to attend.  More information on the tournament can be found at www.anteupforafrica.org

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