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From 14 April 2025, win a percentage of the jackpot with a royal flush!
How do I win part of the Circus Jackpot?
Royal Flush
When a player makes a five-card Royal Flush, which must include his two community cards, he becomes eligible for a special bonus, provided he wins the hand, even if it ends on the flop (i.e. if all opponents fold before the turn or river). The following cards will not be drawn, but the bonus can be activated on the flop, turn or river, depending on when the hand ends.
If this Straight Flush occurs during a game of Texas Hold'em Tournament, a special die will be rolled via the Dice Poker shuffle machine.
The result will be the side up once the die is stopped.
This die has :
- Two sides marked 4
- Two sides marked 5
- Two sides marked 6
Depending on the number rolled, the player will receive a corresponding percentage of the jackpot:
- 🎲 4 → the player wins 4% of the jackpot
- 🎲 5 → the player wins 5% of the jackpot
- 🎲 6 → player wins 6% of the prize pool
Bad Beat
The badbeat is undoubtedly the way to win the largest percentage of the"Circus Jackpot".
To benefit from it, during a cash game, tournament or Sit & Go game (excluding freerolls and self deals), a player must lose a hand with at least one four of a kind.
However, the two players involved must comply with certain conditions:
- Not to reveal the contents of their hands before the showdown
- Their respective hands must consist of two community cards and three community cards.
After a roll of the special six-sided die (values 4, 5 and 6), the jackpot is distributed as follows:
- 10% of the total jackpot is automatically deducted from the next jackpot.
- The rest of the jackpot is then divided between
- The player who suffered the Bad Beat
- The player who won the hand
- The other participants in the hand (who received cards)
The share allocated to each group depends on the result of the die roll:
🎲 If the die shows 4 :
- 40% to the player who suffered the Bad Beat
- 30% to the winner of the hand
- 30% split between the other players who received cards
🎲 If the die shows 5 :
- 50% to the player who suffered the Bad Beat
- 25% to the winner of the hand
- 25% split between the other players who received cards
🎲 If the die shows 6 :
- 60% to the player who suffered the Bad Beat
- 20% to the winner of the hand
- 20% split between the other players who received cards
The Circus Jackpot does not apply to self deal & freeroll tournaments.
Feeding the kitty
- Directly from the casino
- By a daily deduction of €5 from the cash game tables
(max €5/day) - By deducting €1 per player in tournaments with dealers
played in No Limit Holdem
Bad-beat Jackpot - 31/01/2025
26.400€A one-hit loser managed to take down the Circus Jackpot during the final flight of the Main Event Winter festival.
It all started well for Tony who with 6♠6♥, hit his three of a kind on a 6♣8♥K♦ board , however his opponent hit top set with K♥K♣.
Only a Square for Tony can save him from this bad move, but the turn, k♥, no longer offers any prospect of winning this move, despite a nice invisible full house....
The magic river then falls 6♦, after betting, raising and raising all-in, each of the two players is certain to win the hand.... At the showdown, it's a crushing blow for Tony, who despite his 6-of-a-Kind loses almost all his chips....
That said, in all our tournaments with dealers, the BadBeat prize pool is active, allowing Tony to pocket the pretty sum of €11,735 with his beaten four of a kind, his direct opponent pockets €7,040, and the rest of the table shares the €4,000, i.e. €587 each !!!
Always beautiful in Namur.
In Namur, the following Bad Beat Jackpot rules apply
Please note: Change of distribution from 14 April 2025.
10% of the jackpot remains to start the next jackpot. The remainder goes to the loser of the hand and therefore the recipient of the bad beat (50%), the winner of the hand (30%) and the remaining players at the table (20%). Depending on the size of the jackpot, different rules apply to qualify for a bad beat.
Up to €4,999, you must lose the pot with a straight flush of at least ten (for example 
).
From €5,000 to €9,999, the losing hand must be at least a straight flush (for example 
).
From $10,000 to $14,999, the minimum losing hand is four tens (for example 
vs 
).
From $15,000 to $19,999, a five-of-a-kind (quads) is sufficient as a losing hand (e.g. 
vs. 
).
From €20,000 upwards, any four (quads) is sufficient as a losing hand, so the minimum requirement is 
as a losing hand.
