A Penticton man is significantly richer after hitting the jackpot with a losing hand.
It’s rare to lose a poker hand with four-of-a-kind, but that’s what happened to Penticton’s Chaudhary Irshad. However, his losing hand turned into the biggest poker win of his life, landing the $377,948 Bad Beat Jackpot.
Irshad was playing PlayNow poker online at a table with seven other players. He had pocket 10s (10♣,10♦) and the flop (10♠,10♥,6♦) gave him quad 10s, but the turn (7♠) and the river (8♠) had him considering the small chance that one of his opponents had a straight flush.
“It was almost impossible to beat quad 10s, and after the turn I raised all-in and felt confident,” says Irshad. “I wasn’t expecting a straight flush and expected my opponent to fold.”
His opponent’s hand (6♠,9♠) gave them the straight flush needed to win the hand.
However, luckily for Irshad, his losing hand gave him the Bad Beat Jackpot prize, which grows from every raked hand across PlayNow.com in BC and Manitoba, as well as Quebec’s online gambling site, until it’s won.
“It took a couple seconds, but it showed I had won the Bad Beat Jackpot for $377,948 and I was so excited,” says Irshad. “It’s such a huge prize and it hasn’t quite sunk in yet.”
Irshad, who plays poker on occasion at Cascades Casino Penticton, signed up for his online account one month ago, shortly after casinos and community gaming centres were temporarily closed.
Irshad says he hasn’t planned on what to do with his winnings yet, but he’d like to take his poker buddies on a vacation overseas once travel restrictions are lifted.
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