$10,000 LODGE BAD BEAT

Lodge Bad Beat Rules

1. The value of the “Lodge Bad Beat” prize is $10,000.
2. The “Lodge Bad Beat” shall apply to the games of 2 card Texas Hold’em and 4 card Omaha. “Bad Beat” means a high-ranking poker hand that is beaten by a higher ranking hand (e.g., quad jacks losing to quad kings).
3. Bomb pots, waterfalls, race horses, and any other game besides Texas Hold’em and 4-card Omaha DO NOT count for the Bad Beat contest. However, all clocked in cash game players qualify for table share. 
4. The “Lodge Bad Beat” only applies to players clocked in at a cash game table.
5. Tournament play does not qualify for the contest.
6. A minimum of four (4) players must be seated and dealt in at the beginning of the hand in order to qualify for the “Lodge Bad Beat”.
7. In order for a hand to be eligible for a Bad Beat, the pot must contain a minimum of twenty dollars ($20).
8. The “Lodge Bad Beat” can hit twice per month across both Lodge locations. When and if it hits a second time for the month, it will be inactive for the remainder of that month.
9. To qualify for the “Lodge Bad Beat”, a player must have a hand equal to or stronger than the qualifier, and be beaten.
10. The starting qualifier in Texas Hold’em is Four of a Kind, Deuces or better.
11. The qualifier in 4-card Omaha is Four of a Kind, Tens or better.
12. Every week the “Lodge Bad Beat” is not hit, the qualifier reduces by one rank. For example, Four of a Kind, Tens would be followed by Four of a Kind Nines. Aces full of Kings would become Aces full of Queens.
13. The winning and losing players must use exactly two hole cards to create the highest possible 5-card hand.
14. There is no requirement to have a pocket pair, as long as both hole cards play in your highest hand. (For avoidance of doubt, AT or KT vs a straight flush on TTTKQ board would qualify, but JT in the same situation would not, since the Jack would not play as part of the quads.)
15. In order for a hand to be eligible for the Bad Beat, the hand must go to a showdown, i.e., played to the end, where all cards have been dealt and players have completed betting and tabled their cards to determine the winner.
16. If a hand produces three or more qualifying hands, the lowest hand(s) receives a table share of the prize. Example: If four jacks, four queens and a queen-high straight flush are dealt in the same hand, the Bad Beat hand is the four queens and the winning hand is the queen-high straight flush. Four jacks would receive table share in this example.
17. In the event of a qualifying hand on a multiple board hand, i.e., when the board is run more than once, only the first board shall be eligible for the Bad Beat.
18. Players must play their hands independently. If any player, whether directly or indirectly involved in the hand, passes information or instructs another on how to act or reveals their hand to other players, the Bad Beat will be nullified.
19. Any discussion of the Bad Beat during the playing of a hand may void that hand’s eligibility for the Bad Beat.
20. Management must verify eligibility of all qualifying hands. There will be no recourse if the cards are mucked before surveillance was able to verify the hole cards involved and the community cards. Management will not be permitted to reconstruct the hands in any way.
21. In order to collect any Bad Beat payout, government-issued identification is required. Larger payouts will require additional information.
22. The Bad Beat payout distribution is as follows:
    1. 50% of the Bad Beat is awarded to the Bad Beat hand (losing hand).
    2. 25% of the Bad Beat is awarded to the winner of the hand.
    3. 25% of the Bad Beat is awarded in equal shares among the actively signed-in players at the table on which the Bad Beat was hit.
23. A player who removes their chips from the game prior to a showdown on a hand where a Bad Beat is won forfeits their right to any prize money.
24. A player who walks away from the game but leaves their chips on the table retains their right to a share of the Bad Beat if the event occurs.
25. Prizes won are final. No substitution or transfer of prizes are permitted.
26. Payments over $500 will be made via mailed check, once all required information has been collected. Once verification is complete, payments will be mailed within 7 days.
27. If the “Lodge Bad Beat” is hit on more than one game at the same time, surveillance will be contacted to determine the correct chronological order. Only the hand first dealt will qualify for the “Lodge Bad Beat”, as determined by the final dealt card being received by the button.
28. Decisions of the Poker Room Manager are final and without recourse.
29. Lodge Card Club reserves the right to the use of names and photographs for promotional purposes without additional compensation as per the membership agreement.