Bad Beat Jackpots, Worth It?

[Jeffrey Dahmer]

Absolutes is up to 350K. What are the odds of losing with quad 8s or better? The rake is huge...Is it worth it??
Also, note that you must use both of your hole cards to win...

[MichaelB]

just play the lottery

[Jehaim]

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Absolutes is up to 350K. What are the odds of losing with quad 8s or better? The rake is huge...Is it worth it??
Also, note that you must use both of your hole cards to win...

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Party jackpot is ev+ @ 250k or something, so..

[kirbrand]

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just play the lottery

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[Bv3]

Of course it's worth it. You never know if you might get lucky.

[dersl]

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Party jackpot is ev+ @ 250k or something, so..

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...with a little bit of variance

[sh58]

i was wondering about this. how bad do the players have to be to make it worthwhile cos they usually attract the worst players

[ikestoys]

absolute rakes the bbj too, they get like 20% of the jackpot or something

[Falc]

It's worth it if you win ldo.

[Kugr84]

BBJ Level Required for +EV:
Level Game Type Full Ring Short Handed
$0.50-$1.00 NL $330,000 $349,000
$1-$2 NL $317,000 $336,000
$2-$4 NL $322,000 $307,000
$3-$6 NL $310,000 $296,000
$1-$2 Limit $322,000 $315,000
$2-$4 Limit $362,000 $335,000
$3-$6 Limit $335,000 $331,000
$5-$10 Limit $302,000 $301,000
$10-$20 Limit $323,000 $326,000
$15-$30 Limit $341,000 $338,000


And they rake it 10%, just like Party.