Seminole Casino Coconut Creek Players Hit Seminole Casinos Mega Bad Beat Poker Jackpot for more than $180000

Seminole Casino Coconut Creek Players Hit Seminole Casinos Mega Bad Beat Poker Jackpot for more than $180,000

The sixth jackpot hit since exclusive Seminole Casinos Mega Bad Beat Jackpot began means more than $1.5 million has been paid out to players in less than four months.

COCONUT CREEK, Fla. – During an afternoon game of Texas Hold 'em at Seminole Casino Coconut Creek, the exclusive Seminole Casinos' Mega Bad Beat Poker Jackpot was hit for $180,393 on Tuesday, Mar. 30. Introduced Dec.1, 2009, the unique six-casino approach to larger, more frequent bad beat jackpots has paid whopping $1,580,019.

A poker bad beat occurs when an apparently unbeatable hand loses to a better hand. Fifty percent of the Seminole Mega Bad Beat prize pool is awarded to the qualifying losing hand; 30 percent to the qualifying winning hand; and 20 percent divided among the remaining players.

Evan Rosoff of Boca Raton, Fla. won $90,196 when his Jack-high Straight Flush was barely beaten with a King-high Straight Flush by Itzkhak F., also of Boca Raton, Fla., who took home $54,117. The remaining seven players at the table in the upstairs poker room won $ 4,510 each.

The debut of the Seminole Mega Bad Beat Jackpot of $365,407 was at Seminole Casino, Hollywood on Jan. 3, 2010. Approximately 48 hours later it was hit again, on Jan. 5, 2010 at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Tampa, for $147,365.

Here's how the winnings have broken down to date:

SEMINOLE CASINOS' MEGA BAD BEAT JACKPOT HITS, AS OF March 31, 2010.

Jan. 3: Roderick Jones' won $182,705 with a 10-high Straight Flush in Clubs, beating Harvey Langer's King-high Straight Flush in Clubs at Seminole Casino, Hollywood. Langer took home $109,622. The remaining seven players at the table each won $10,440.

Jan. 5: Wesley P. won $73,680 with his four Kings beaten by a Heart Royal Flush held by Keith E. at Seminole Hard Rock, Tampa. Keith E. won $44,208. The seven remaining players each won $4,211.

Feb. 9: Jonathan Hernandez took home a cool $183,264 with his four 10s, beaten by Terry Alan Baglama's Royal Flush, also at Seminole Hard Rock, Tampa. Baglama won $109,959. The seven remaining players each won $10,473.

Feb. 27: Michelle Knight of Plantation, Fla. was the big winner of $148,675 when her four Jacks were beaten with a Straight Flush by Jenny Sokol of Margate, Fla., who took home $89,205 for her cards dealt at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood. The remaining seven players at the table won $8,496 each.

Mar. 21: Gregory H. of Tampa was the big winner of $142,905 at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Tampa when his quad Jacks were beaten by a Straight Flush in Diamonds by Pankeo L. of St. Petersburg, Fla. She took home $85,743. The remaining seven players won $ 7,146 each.

Mar. 30: Evan Rosoff of Boca Raton, Fla. won $90,196 when his Jack-high Straight Flush was barely beaten with a King-high Straight Flush by Itzkhak F., also from Boca Raton, who took home $54,117. The remaining seven players at the table won $4,510 each.

Seminole Casino Coconut Creek is considered to be the slot jackpot capital of South Florida with more than $5.4 million in progressive jackpots that range from $408,000 to $2.03 million.

"With this Mega Bad Beat Jackpot, the casino known for paying out the most in progressive slots jackpot wins in South Florida could be starting to roll in Mega Bad Beat Poker Jackpots too," said Jeffrey Hook, senior vice president of marketing for Seminole Gaming.

The Seminole Mega Bad Beat Jackpot was launched on Dec. 1, funded by a $1 contribution from each pot of $10 or greater at the poker rooms in six Seminole casinos: Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood, Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Tampa, Seminole Casino Coconut Creek, Seminole Casino Immokalee, Seminole Casino Brighton, and Seminole Casino, Hollywood.

Once it is won, the jackpot immediately resets at $100,000; something done only at Seminole casinos in Florida. Seminole Casino, Immokalee has its own unique payout system, whereby each live poker player in their casino at the time of a Seminole Mega Bad Beat hit receives $100, no matter where it hits.

The Seminole Mega Bad Beat Jackpot rules are straightforward: Only the top two hands at the showdown are eligible and both hands must be the best possible combination of five cards. The minimum losing hand is four 10s. At least four players must be dealt for the table to qualify. Multi-table tournaments are excluded. Single table tournaments are eligible until fewer than four players remain. Players must play their hands independently. Management reserves the right to declare a jackpot null and void due to any irregularities and/or collusion, and its decisions are final.

About Seminole Casino Coconut Creek

Open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, Seminole Casino Coconut Creek offers more than 1,500 gaming machines including Las Vegas-style slots: Playboy, Carnival of Mystery, Golden Monkey, Millionaire Sevens, Mayan Riches and Lion Dance. The casino also features non-stop action in its smoke-free Poker Room upstairs for separate gaming pleasure, with a wide array of tournaments for all types of players. Live games include Texas Hold 'em, 7-Card Stud, and Omaha tournaments from $85 to $1,050. In March 2007, a $32 million expansion included the addition of a valet porte cochere entrance offering direct access to the new 6,000 square foot Fresh Harvest restaurant, Nectar ultra-lounge, a new Players Club, and additional casino space. The casino also offers the Sunset Grill, located in an outdoor traditional chickee.

Seminole Casino Coconut Creek is located at 5550 NW 40^th Street, in Coconut Creek, Florida, just east of State Road 7 (U.S. 441) and north of Sample Road on 40^th Street. For more information call 954-977-6700; fax 954-970-7721 or visit www.seminolecoconutcreekcasino.com.

About Seminole Gaming

In addition to its two Seminole Hard Rock Hotels & Casinos in Tampa and Hollywood, Fla., the Seminole Tribe owns and operates five more Seminole-branded Florida casinos in Coconut Creek and Hollywood on the Southeast coast, in Immokalee near Naples, on the Brighton Reservation north of Lake Okeechobee and on the Big Cypress Reservation south of Lake Okeechobee. The Seminole Tribe has long been recognized for innovation in its gaming and other businesses. It opened the first high-stakes bingo hall and casino in the United States in 1979. That facility was the forerunner of the Indian Gaming movement throughout North America.

The Seminole Tribe of Florida acquired Hard Rock International, Inc. and other related entities from The Rank Group Plc in 2007 for approximately $965 million. The purchase is the first of a major international corporation by a Native American Indian Tribe and marks a milestone in the growing economic power and prominence of the Seminole Tribe of Florida and other Indian tribes in today's business world.