When the 'Bad Beat Jackpot' is triggered, the progressive jackpot, which had reached a total of $1.22 million, is split between all players at the table by varying percentages. Broderson won over $368,000 with the winning hand.
When his four aces were beat by the royal flush played by Raymond Broderson, of Wexford, the Rivers' 'Bad Beat Jackpot' was triggered. On Thursday afternoon at the Rivers Casino on Pittsburgh's North Shore, Benjamin Flanagan, of West Virginia took home nearly $500,000 when his four aces were beaten by a royal flush in a game of no-limit Texas hold'em.
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -A West Virginia man playing Texas hold'em suffered one of the worst bad beats you can imagine - and came away as a big winner as a result. Bad beat in Rivers Casino poker game triggers record jackpot 00:48