1. The bad beat daily progressive jackpot shall apply to all Ground Floor Texas Hold’em Poker cash game tables only. The following tables include a bad beat jackpot rake:
a. No Limit Texas Hold’em: ₱25/₱50, ₱50/₱100, ₱100/₱200/₱400, ₱500/₱1,000, ₱1,000/₱2,000 or above.
2. In order to qualify for the bad beat jackpot, a hand must be aces full of tens or better losing to a higher ranking hand being four of a kind or better.
3. Both the winning and losing hand must use both of their hole cards to create the highest possible hand. (If four of a kind is beaten, either two of the four, or one of the four plus the kicker which plays, must be in the player’s hole cards).
4. If aces full of tens is beaten to qualify, at least one of the cards in the losing player’s hole cards must be an ace (Three aces on the board combined with a pair in a player’s hand does not qualify for the bad beat jackpot).
5. In order to qualify for the bad beat jackpot, the hand must go to a showdown. The hand must be played to the end where all cards have been dealt until the river, players have completed betting, and a winner is confirmed.
6. Both the winning and losing hands must be the player’s best possible combination of five cards. Only the first and second best hands will qualify.
7. If a straight flush or a royal flush is being used as a qualifying hand, both hole cards must be used to make the best five card hand possible.
8. A player’s kicker must play and beat the board. The bad beat jackpot does not qualify if the kicker ties the board.
9. A pot must be at least twenty times the big blind in order to qualify for the bad beat jackpot.
10. No bad beat jackpot rake will be removed if a table has four or less players. The following conditions are enforced for the bad beat jackpot rake with five or more players on a table:
a. ₱25 will be removed from a pot that totals ₱250 - ₱499 including the rake.
b. ₱50 will be removed from a pot that totals ₱500 or more including the rake.
11. No flop, no drop policy is enforced for the bad beat jackpot rake.
12. A minimum of five players must be dealt in and seated at the beginning of a hand and collection of the bad beat jackpot rake must be completed in order to qualify.
13. Any player/s not dealt in at the start of a hand will not be eligible for a percentage of the bad beat jackpot distribution, should it qualify.
14. Any player/s who removes their chips from a game prior to a showdown on a hand when the bad beat jackpot is won forfeits their right to any prize money.
15. Any player/s who walks away from the game but leaves their chips on the table and they were dealt in the hand at the beginning, will retain their rights to their share of the bad beat jackpot prize money should a bad beat jackpot qualify.
16. Players must play their hands independently. If any player, whether directly or indirectly involved in the hand, passes information or instructs another on how to act or reveals their hand to other players, the bad beat jackpot will be disqualified.
17. Any player exposing their cards before an action is complete will disqualify the bad beat jackpot.
18. Any irregularities with the deck and the hand in play will disqualify the bad beat jackpot.
19. 70% of the daily bad beat jackpot rake is allocated for the progressive bad beat jackpot fund, broken down as follows:
a. 70% to the main bad beat jackpot fund.
b. 30% to the reserve bad beat jackpot fund.
20. 30% administration fee is deducted from the daily bad beat jackpot rake wherein the PAGCOR license fee rate will apply.
21. The bad beat jackpot drop box is located on the left hand side of the dealer and is duly indicated on the table.
22. Players are eligible to win the posted bad beat jackpot which will be updated every 4PM. The below table is the payout distribution with reference to the posted bad beat jackpot amount:
23. Upon the implementation of the bad beat jackpot, the first day starting at 4AM will be allocated to accumulate the bad beat jackpot rake, the second day will be allocated for verification and daily updating of the bad beat jackpot at 4AM.
a. City of Dreams Manila will shoulder ₱1,000,000 for starting the bad beat jackpot.
24. When the bad beat jackpot is hit, it will revert to a seed value of ₱500,000 (Or a higher amount if City of Dreams Manila elects).
a. City of Dreams Manila will shoulder the remainder or all expenses if the reserve bad beat jackpot fund is unable to cover the seed value when the bad beat jackpot is hit.
25. The bad beat jackpot will remain pending until it is verified by City of Dreams Surveillance and PAGCOR.
26. A table is deemed active upon the dealers first riffle. The moment a bad beat jackpot has been hit on a table, the table will be deemed inactive.
27. In the rare occurrence of the jackpot being hit again before the verification is complete of the first jackpot, the second jackpot will be eligible for the seed value from the reserve bad beat jackpot fund. If the initial bad beat jackpot hand did not qualify, the second jackpot will be entitled to the main fund once verification is complete.
a. If two jackpots are hit at the same time, the table of which the dealer has conducted the first riffle (To be verified by surveillance) will be entitled to the main fund, and the second table will be entitled to the reserve fund seed value.
28. All winning players are required to provide two valid photo identifications and submit their tax identification number (Passport if foreign national) in order to get paid.
29. All participants must be at least 21 years of age, City of Dreams Manila holds the right to decline the acceptance of a player from receiving the jackpot if found to be blacklisted (Self-exclusion, barred, suspended, etc). For this situation, the winning funds of the player will be added to the reserve bad beat jackpot fund.
30. The City of Dreams Manila management is not permitted to reconstruct any hands in any way. There will be no recourse if a player’s cards are flawed before surveillance is able to verify hands.
31. Any dispute or situation not covered by the official rules will be resolved by the City of Dreams Manila management in a manner deemed by them to be the fairest to all concerned, and that decision shall be final and undisputable on all participants. In addition, the management reserves the right to void any entry, and/or to change, cancel or modify this promotion at any time subject to regulatory approval.
