The progressive jackpot comes into play when a losing hand is a minimum four of a kind, Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem spokeswoman Megan Verholy said. The Sands says it offers a bad beat jackpot daily. The drama Sunday night unfolded at the $1-$2 No Limit Texas Hold 'Em table in the poker area at the Sands casino on Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board spokesman Richard McGarvey said today the board does not track jackpot records at the state's 11 casinos. The Keystone State's first casino, Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs, opened in 2006. Sands, which marked its third year in operation in May, says it's a record bad beat jackpot at a Pennsylvania casino.
There were few hard feelings, though, because the losing hand qualified as what is called a bad beat - and all 10 players at the table went home with a share of the $591,388 progressive jackpot.
Like a scene from a casino drama on the silver screen, a poker player from Belvidere showed a solid hand Sunday night in Texas Hold 'Em at
View full size Express-Times File Photo BILL ADAMS The entrance to the Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem from Route 412.
