Absolute Poker Awards Another Bad Beat Jackpot

October 16, 2008

Absolute Poker has awarded over $250,000 to Bad Beat Jackpots in October. Just a few days ago Bulward won $122,697.04 with a losing hand of a Straight flush, nine and on October 2nd Ginobiwan won $129,002.22 with Four of a kind, tens.

Haven’t played Bad Beat Poker yet? Look out for ‘Bad Beat Jackpot’ tables. We collect $0.50 from the pot of each raked hand that is raked $0.25 or more.

If you lose a hand holding four eights (8888) or better, that’s a bad beat. Thanks to your Bad Beat, everyone at the table will win a slice of the jackpot pie.

Who Gets What

  • 25% rolls over to the next Bad Beat Jackpot
  • 10% goes to the house

Of the remaining 65%

  • 50% goes to the Bad Beat victim
  • 25% goes to the winner of the hand
  • $1K goes to every other player at the Bad Beat table
  • The remainder is divided between everyone playing the same game type and limit when the Bad Beat goes down.

Bad Beat Jackpots at Absolute Poker lead to huge prizes.

Absolute Poker Promotions and Bonuses

October 4, 2008

Absolute Poker has always been known for exciting promotions and great bonuses. Here is an update on some current goings on at AP.

Absolute Poker announces their latest promotion - Race Cards

This promotion runs through the month of October and consists of a $100,000 prize pool tournament and a $15K freeroll.

Basically, you earn Status Points playing poker. The top 100 players will all win a piece of the $100K prize pool. The top prize is $15K.

If you finish in the top 1,000, you will automatically qualify for the AP Race Card Special $15K FreeRoll. This freeroll will be held on Saturday, November 8, at 12:00 (mid day).

This is a great extra promotion and all you need to do is play poker at Absolute to start racking up those STATUS POINTS.

Absolute Poker Reload Bonuses

Absolute Poker has always done a nice job rewarding their players. Whether it is a 100% sign up bonus with up to $500 free or one of the many Reload Bonuses that Absolute Poker offers. Deposit Bonuses make it easy to build your bankroll faster.

Every month, Absolute Poker runs the most lucrative poker deposit bonuses for their loyal and active players. Absolute Poker typically offers about 6 or 7 reload bonuses every month. That is more reload bonuses than any other online poker room. The Reload Bonuses range from 15% to 100%.

You will see the latest reload bonus that is being offered in the Absolute Poker Room lobby. They will also send you an e-mail letting you know all about the latest reload bonus.

It pays to play at Absolute Poker.