My Bad Beat Jackpot Correspondence with Party Poker

I gave 3:2 odds that Party would give an off-topic answer. My friend gave 2:1. Guess what, it turns out that Party didn't quite answer my question. I thought the hand context made it clear that I was asking about the Bad Beat Jackpot. Instead, I got the answer that a royal flush qualifies for the High Hand Jackpot. In any case, here is the correspondence thus far for everyone's entertainment:


My Email:

Let's say that the board is AcKcKhKsQc. I hold JcTc, giving me a royal flush. If my opponent holds AdKd, does his Ad play, meaning that the jackpot is awarded? Or, does the Ac on the board play, meaning that there is no jackpot?


Party's Response:

I understand your concern. However, I would like to inform you that as per your email if the board cards are Ac, Kc, Kh, Ks, and Qc, and your hole cards are Jc and Tc, you automatically qualify for the jackpot as you have a royal flush. If your opponent has Ad and Kd he does not qualify for the jackpot as he does not have the royal flush.


My Response:

I originally sent the following question to you:

Let's say that the board is AcKcKhKsQc. I hold JcTc, giving me a royal
flush. If my opponent holds AdKd, does his Ad play, meaning that the jackpot
is awarded? Or, does the Ac on the board play, meaning that there is no
jackpot?

I thank you very much for the response you gave; however, I was vague, and forgot to state that this is for consideration for the bad beat jackpot only...I know that the royal flush qualifies for the high hand jackpot. If you could answer my question with respect to the bad beat jackpot, it would be much appreciated.

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So, does Party answer the question I posed, or do I get the generic, both hole cards of both hands must play.

[StellarWind]

The graphics show you which board cards are playing by elevating them above the rest. My recollection is that hand cards play whenever possible. I assume this is how the jackpot would work as well. But you ask a good queston that I have always wondered about.

[dengar]

you both need to use both of your hole cards. Why are you wasting your time?

[lorinda]

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you both need to use both of your hole cards. Why are you wasting your time?

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In situations where people use speech, if you have no idea what they are talking about, you can ask them to repeat it.

On the other hand, on the internet, the original wording is there. You are allowed to read it again if you have no idea what is going on.

Lori

[tomdemaine]

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you both need to use both of your hole cards. Why are you wasting your time?

[/ QUOTE ]

In situations where people use speech, if you have no idea what they are talking about, you can ask them to repeat it.

On the other hand, on the internet, the original wording is there. You are allowed to read it again if you have no idea what is going on.

Lori

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Don't be silly. If people read things more than once before posting about them the whole fabric of the internet as we know it would break down. If people read things more than once before posting them ... Chaos

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[FouTight]

what was in the subject field of your original message?

I would hope it was just "Bad Beat Jackpot qualification" or something of that nature, if you left it vague, this is partially your fault, but I assume you didn't.

[lorinda]

However vague it was, I don't see how a Royal Flush could EVER qualify for the Bad Beat Jackpot.

Lori

[JayLeno]

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you both need to use both of your hole cards. Why are you wasting your time?

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This is almost funny....
Do you work for party poker?

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what was in the subject field of your original message?

I would hope it was just "Bad Beat Jackpot qualification" or something of that nature, if you left it vague, this is partially your fault, but I assume you didn't.

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However vague it was, I don't see how a Royal Flush could EVER qualify for the Bad Beat Jackpot.

Lori

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Let's say that the board is AcKcKhKsQc. I hold JcTc, giving me a royal
flush. If my opponent holds AdKd, does his Ad play, meaning that the jackpot
is awarded? Or, does the Ac on the board play, meaning that there is no
jackpot?

[/ QUOTE ]

[ QUOTE ]
In situations where people use speech, if you have no idea what they are talking about, you can ask them to repeat it.

On the other hand, on the internet, the original wording is there. You are allowed to read it again if you have no idea what is going on.

Lori

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Sorry lorinda, I like reading your posts (and stories), but I couldn't help myself [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[lorinda]

Hehe [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

(Of course the jackpot is awarded to the quads. The royal is what causes it to be awarded..... but I get your point, I think I'll behave for a while [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img] )

Lori