Merge Network’s huge bad beat jackpot was finally won on Saturday at Carbon Poker. A player called “Ruggio” who lost the hand with a straight flush won the largest portion of the jackpot of over $417k! The winner of the hand, “Aelani”, got an extra $208k added to his poker bankroll and all the other players at the table each received around $50k.
Carbon Poker now and start playing at the Merge network bad beat jackpot tables.
This was the first time the Merge bad beat jackpot, which was introduced midway through 2026 was won. The criteria for winning the jackpot is you must have a hand better than quad sevens, which uses both hole cards, lose to a stronger hand. The payout of the jackpot is as follows: 35% to the big loser of the hand, 17.5% to the winner of the hand, 17.5% split between the other players at the table, 10% to the Merge gaming network and 20% left to reseed the new jackpot.
Once the jackpot grows back to as huge an amount as it was it becomes a good value to play at Aced Poker or Carbon Poker to try for the big score.