Straight Flush Loses to Straight Flush in $660K Bad Beat Jackpot

Several players at a cash game table at Rivers Casino in Des Plaines, Illinois, won a bad beat jackpot of about $660,000 last week. The prize, triggered when one straight flush lost to another, came to $659,941.70.

Many poker rooms offer these promotions as a popular way to attract players. The house sets aside $1 from every pot to grow the progressive jackpot. The prize is paid when a strong hand loses to an even stronger one. The hand at Rivers was played in a relatively high-stakes no-limit hold'em game.

The losing player made a 10-high straight flush with the 7 and 6 of diamonds. The community cards were the 10 of diamonds, 9 of diamonds, 4 of clubs, 6 of clubs, and 8 of diamonds. The opposing player completed a higher straight flush with the Q of diamonds and J of diamonds.

In a bad beat jackpot, the losing player receives the largest share. At Rivers, the losing player won 50 percent of the prize pool, which was $329,975. The winning player collected 25 percent, or $164,985. The remaining 25 percent was shared by the other six players at the table, and each of them received $27,497 for being seated at the table.

The chance of two players making straight flushes at the same time is very low. The odds of a single player making this hand are given as about 1 in 3,200, or 0.03 percent.

In Canada, much larger prizes have been paid in recent years. In July 2025, Playground Poker Club in Quebec paid out 2.2 million Canadian dollars, or about $1.6 million US, after a straight flush lost to another straight flush. The same club set a record of 2.6 million Canadian dollars in August 2023. In the US, Lodge Card Club in Texas made the largest bad beat jackpot payout in the state's history in February 2025, when a prize of $289,376 went to a group of players. At Hustler Casino in Los Angeles, a table split a $100,000 prize in February.