Station Casinos
Jumbo Poker Hold 'Em Progressive Bad Beat Official Rules
• Property-Specific Poker Room Rules apply.
• The JACKPOT rake is the amount taken from every eligible poker game pot to fund the Bad Beat Jackpots and is separate from and in addition to the House rake. The JACKPOT rake from every game will be 5 percent of the pot wfth a $1.00 maximum.
• The JACKPOT rakes taken from each game pot will be placed in a drop box on the oppposite side of the table from the house rake. The Jackpot Drop box will be collected and counted in a manner consistent with the internal control procedures of the Poker Room.
• To qualify as a "BAD BEAT' both the winning and losing hands must:
Be the player's best possible combination of five cards.
Include both of the player's hole cards:
If Aces full both cards must be used; one must be an Ace.
If four-of-a-kind, two must be in your hand
• Pot must consist of a minimum of $5.00 to qualify for a Bad Beat Jackpot. JACKPOT and HOUSE rake is included in the total pot size.
• Payment will be made in increments of $1.00. Odd amounts will be credted to the new primary level and the reserve will revert to the new primary level. All payments will be in gaming chips
• In the event of multiple qualifying hands the following will apply for the Bad Beat Jackpot. The best winning hand will win 100% of the share posted below and if applicable, the best losing hand will win 75% of the share posted below and the second-best losing hand will win 25% of the designated share. Active participants will split the remaining pot.
• Active participants are players who have met the minimum buy-in requirements, played at least one hand and have not received a missed blind button.
• When a Bad Beat is announced all active participants playing Texas Hold 'em in the room will qualify.
• When a Bad Beat situation is announced there must be a minimum of four (4) active players at the table to qualify for a Bad Beat Jackpot.
• Prior to the distribution of Bad Beat Jackpot money, surveillance personnel will review the casino surveillance tape of the Bad Beat circumstances. Discussion of hands during the play by players, at the discretion of Management, may void a Bad Beat Jackpot.
• Poker Room employees are eligible to participate. When not on shift, full division of monies will be distributed.
When on shift, distribution will be as follows:
If the employee has the qualified winning or losing hand, his/her percentage will be added to the participants' percentage and the total sum will be equally divided between the employee and participants. If the employee is one of the participants, the participants' percentage will be split evenly as usual.
• Proposffion Players qualify for full division of monies on or off shift.
• Poker room employees acting as a shill are not eligible for any part of a jackpot of any kind.
• Reduced rake games are eligible for jackpot as long as a Jackpot rake is being taken and all other jackpot requirements are met.
• All players at the winning table will be required to show photo ID'S in order to get paid. All other players will be required to produce proof of Social Security number to get paid.
QUALIFYING HANDS
$10,000 PROPERTY BAD BEAT
• Jackpot awarded when Aces Full of 10's or better beaten by a 4-Of-A-Kind or better.
• Jackpot will tie shared only at the property level amongst players of qualifying games.
• The winner and loser of the "Bad Beat" also receive a players share.
• Losing hand paid $3,500. Winning hand paid $2,000.
• All other qualified players share the balance of the in-room jackpot.
• The meter will reset at $10,000.
$100,000 JUMBO BAD BEAT PROGRESSIVE
• Jackpot awarded when four -10's or higher is beaten by a higher 4-of-a-kind or better.
• Jackpot will be shared amongst all qualified Hold'Em players at all Station Casinos.
• The winner and loser of the "Bad Beat" also receive a players share.
• Losing hand receives $35,000. Winning hand receives $20,000 and all other active Hold 'em players at all of Station Casinos Properties split the remaining jackpot evenly.
• Every Tuesday the minimum hand will be lowered according to the following schedule.
•Week 1: Four - 9's beaten • Week 2: Four - 8's beaten
•Week 3: Four - 7's beaten • Week 4: Four - 6's beaten
• Week 5: Four - 5's beaten • Week 6: Four - 4's beaten
•Week 7: Four-3's beaten • This will continue to reduce until it is won
• The Progressive will increase at the rate of not less than 5% of the total rake per day.
• The Progressive Jackpot reset amount will be $100,000.
• A player with a Bad Beat may only win one jackpot per hand. In the event the player qualifies to collect from more than one jackpot, the jackpot with the highest dollar amount will be the only jackpot paid out to the players.
POKER PLUS TOURNAMENT
• Held annually at all Station Casinos Poker rooms.
• During the qualifying term of this tournament 45% of each property's Progressive Poker rake will go into the tournament fund. The currently posted Progressive Poker jackpots and secondary jackpots will not be affected. The only change will be that instead of 100% of the Progressive Poker rake
going to increase the jackpots, 55% will go into the jackpots during the tournament's qualifying period.
• Management reserves the right to change or cancel this promotion at any time.
Effective October 1, 2004