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Bad Beat Jackpot Hits at Niagara Falls Poker Room, Pays $329, 059
Posted: Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010 - 4:32 PM
March 4, 2010
For more information:
Penny M. Kota
716.549.4389
pkota@senecagames.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Bad Beat Progressive Jackpot Hits at
Niagara Falls Poker Room
pays out $329,059
Nicholas Phelps of North Tonawanda, NY got a “bad beat” at Seneca Gaming & Entertainment’s Poker Room located within the Seneca Niagara Casino on March 2, 2010. But unlike most poker players who get a bad beat, Phelps isn’t complaining. He and the other six $2-$4 Limit Texas Hold ‘em players at the table were awarded a total of $329,059 when his four jacks were beat by Jean Nowak’s straight flush. Phelps won $164,529 and Nowak, of Buffalo, NY won $82,264.76.
The Bad Beat Progressive Jackpot grows with each pot that reaches over $20 in the poker room. Once a pot reaches $20, one dollar per player is put into the Bad Beat Progressive Jackpot. This fund builds up over time until a player gets a qualifying bad beat. A qualifying bad beat hand is when a player with four-of-a-kind or better gets beat by another player with a higher four-of-a-kind or better, including the two cards in their hand. The standard distribution for a bad beat progressive jackpot is 50% to the winner (the losing hand), 25% to the winning hand, and 25% to the remainder of the players who were dealt in at the table. The jackpot winners are as follows:
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Name
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Hometown
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Amount Won
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Nicholas Phelps
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North Tonawanda, NY
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$164,529.53
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Jean Nowak
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Buffalo, NY
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$82,264.76
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George Kohrer
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Niagara Falls, NY
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$16,452.95
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Roosevelt Johnson
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Cheektowaga, NY
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$16,452.95
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Tommie Gregory
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Niagara Falls, NY
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$16,452.95
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Timothy Scanlon
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Hamburg, NY
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$16,452.95
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Victor Richardson
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Burford, Ontario
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$16,452.95
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Seneca Gaming and Entertainment has two poker rooms in Western New York, Salamanca and Niagara Falls. Poker Rooms are located at Salamanca Bingo and Gaming facility and Seneca Niagara Casino. Seneca Gaming and Entertainment is owned and operated by the Seneca Nation of Indians. To request further information on Seneca Poker’s upcoming events, please contact Penny Kota through the contact information above.
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