Mega Bad Beat Jackpot Totaling $91,401 Hits at Delaware Park

WILMINGTON, Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Yesterday marked the Casino at Delaware Park’s largest Bad Beat Jackpot payout when Anthony Burchett from Blackbird, Delaware lost a hand of Texas Hold’em with four eights. Mr. Burchett was awarded $41,100 and the second player, who won the hand with four Jacks, walked away with $22,850. The nearly 100 lucky patrons playing Texas Hold’em in Delaware Park’s Poker Room at the time were also each paid $283.

“This is really exciting. You never know when a Bad Beat will be dealt. Everyone in the room was pumped up.”

According to the rules of the Mega Bad Beat Jackpot, four of a kind must lose to a superior hand. 45% of the jackpot is awarded to the losing player in the hand, 25% is given to the winning player, and the remaining 30% is divided equally among the other players dealt to in the Poker Room when the Mega Bad Beat occurred. This is Delaware Park’s first Mega Bad Beat awarded since its live table games officially opened on June 18^th. The Mega Bad Beat Jackpot is reset to $50,000 and continues to grow.

Said Poker Room Manager Anthony Chester, “This is really exciting. You never know when a Bad Beat will be dealt. Everyone in the room was pumped up.”

The Delaware Park 20-table Poker Room is a non-smoking, spacious environment with 15 LCD televisions and showcases popular West Coast games, such as H.O.R.S.E. (a combination of Hold'em, Omaha, Razz, Stud, and Stud 8/B) in addition to the traditional East Coast favorites. Delaware Park’s Poker Room is open 24 hours a day, except Christmas and Easter.

Tournaments currently offered include 24/7 Sit & Go’s; Monday-Friday 11 a.m. No-Limit Hold’em Tournaments ($65 Buy-in); and Saturday/Sunday noon No-Limit Hold’em Tournaments ($150 Buy-in).

In response to player demand for tournament play, a 25-table Tournament Room is currently under construction and slated to open September 30^th.

“Tournament play is in high demand right now. Everyone wants to test their skills and experience the thrill of competition, just like they see on television everyday,” commented Chester.

About Delaware Park

Delaware Park is a multi-faceted gaming facility offering guests live seasonal thoroughbred racing, year-round simulcasting from around the globe, 42 table games, a 20-table poker room, 2,500 exciting slot machines on two spacious levels, one of only three sports parlay betting venues on the East Coast, and White Clay Creek Country Club, featuring a world class 18-hole championship golf course. Delaware Park is located minutes south of Wilmington and the Delaware Memorial Bridge and just north of the Maryland state line on I-95 at exit 4B. For more information on Delaware Park, visit www.delawarepark.com.