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5. Another jackpot rule I don’t like is the requirement that a certain minimum number of players, usually four, be dealt in the hand to qualify for the jackpot. Why can’t two or three players play for the jackpot? This rule is based on management’s ignorance of the jackpot odds; I’ll explain why shortly. It’s completely arbitrary and not based on anything substantial.
6. There’s also the rule that says the winner’s hole cards must both play. This means that in the case of four aces, the winner’s kicker must be higher than any other card on the board. It’s a bad rule that probably wouldn’t withstand a Gaming Commission challenge, because it requires you to play six cards to make up your poker hand.
Why does the rule exist? To make it harder to hit the jackpot, and therefore to keep the jackpot big, so the poker room can use it to attract more players to play in games that they can rake.
7. The last rule that I have a problem with is the one that says that if the game is a little short-handed, and the players want a reduced rake, they then can’t play for the jackpot. In other words, the poker room manager will say, “Yes, you can play with a reduced rake (usually just $1 maximum), but then you’re ineligible for the jackpot.”
Of all the rules related to jackpots, this one’s the worst. In my opinion, it’s nothing but a scam that the poker room knowingly perpetrates upon the players. Why? Because there’s absolutely no relationship between the amount of money that the house rakes to meet its expenses and the side bet that the players make among themselves to put into a jackpot pool.
The jackpot money comes from the players and belongs to the players. It’s held in trust by the poker room for the players, and only a player can win any of that money. It is not related to anything else that goes on in the poker room.
So why does the poker room management tell you that the rake and the jackpot are connected? Again, it’s because they’re greedy. They know that most players will want to play for a jackpot if there is one.
Most players, when told that they can’t play for that jackpot if the rake is reduced, will change their minds and say, “Go ahead and leave the rake where it is. We don’t want to hit the jackpot and not win it just because we’re a little short-handed.”
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