POKER
 
 

LIVE POKER ROOM - Located in the Players Lounge
(2nd Floor Classic Casino)

  • Features Texas Hold'em, Seven Card Stud and Omaha.
  • Texas Hold'em Offering Spread Limits of $2-$30

July Poker Calendar (PDF)

August Poker Calendar (PDF)

Poker Room Hours
Monday - Thursday: 3pm to 2am
Open on Friday at 3pm through 2am on Sunday evening.

Extended hours based on play.

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Bad Beat Jackpot as of Monday, July 26
 
Texas Hold 'em
$20,017.60
Website updated every Monday. Visit the Poker Room For Daily Updates.

 

 

 
For more information on any of our Table Games Tournaments or to pre-register call 1-800-WIN-CASH ext. 8147 or visit the pit area or the LIVE Poker Room
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Minnesota State Poker Tour Event

July 14th thru July18th
The Minnesota State Poker Tour is sponsored by Minnesota Poker Magazine and features a Vegas-style deep stack structure, 2-day Main Event that allows good players to shine.

Satellites

Wednesdays in June at 4pm
Saturday, June 12th at 2pm
Saturday, June 26th at 2pm
Satellite players can win seats in one of the $250 Minnesota State Poker Tour Qualifiers held July 14th-17th with $1100 seats to the two-day Main Event awarded at the weekend satellites (based on minimum amount of participants). Cash prizes will also be awarded in the event a player already has won a seat for the Minnesota State Poker Tour event or the prize payout for the player’s finish does not equal the seat value. The entry fee will be $40+$10 on Wednesdays and $60+$15 for weekend tournaments.

Qualifiers
July 14th – 17th
Starting at 10am

Main Event
July 17th – 18th

For additional information visit us online at jackpotjunction. com. For structures, additional dates, or more details regarding the Minnesota State Poker Tour, click on the following links:
Minnesota Poker Tour or MN Poker Magazine. Pre-register in the Live Poker Room or call 1.800.WIN.CASH, Ext 98147.

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Bad Beat Bonus
July 26th - August 31st
Play live poker Monday through Friday between 3pm and 6pm to be eligible for the Bad Beat Bonus! A $5,000 bonus will be added to the prize pool for the first bad beat paid out during the qualifying period.

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Poker Tournaments

NLH Minnesota State Poker Satellites
Wednesday, July 7th at 4pm $40 + $10
Saturday, July 10th at 2pm $60 + $15
In the event a player has already won a seat into a MN Poker
qualifier ($250) or Main Event ($1,100), they will be awarded cash.

Weekly Poker Tournaments
Wednesdays at 4pm
No Weekly Poker Tournament on July 14 due to MN State Poker Tour Main Event

Weekend No-Limit Texas Hold ‘em Tournaments:
Saturday, July 31st, 2pm $60 + $15
Friday, August 6th at 7pm $40 + $10
Saturday, August 21st, 2pm $60 + $15

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Poker Room Rules

1. By taking a seat in a game you agree to abide by all rules and behave in a courteous manner.

2. NO Tobacco Use.

3. Collusion is not permitted.

4. Only one player per hand.

5. All players must be seated while active in a hand.

6. All players must protect their cards and chips at all times.

7. The winning hands must show all cards prior to the pot being awarded; slow rolled hands may be mucked.

8. All games are table stakes (cash does not play). All chips in a players bankroll will remain on the table until that player terminates his/her play. A player may not buy more chips or add to their bankroll during the play of a hand.

9. Check and Raise is permitted in all games, four raises maximum per betting round. If play is heads up (two players), raises will be unlimited.

10.String bets or raises are not allowed. Players must verbally announce their intent to raise, or put enough chips into the pot in one motion to constitute the raise.

11. Cards speak for themselves. The pot will be awarded to the player with the best five cards. Only five cards will determine the pot winner. In the event of two or more hands being a tie, the pot will be split equally between those players with the tie hands. If there is an extra chip after the split, the player that is positioned first in turn after the designated dealer will receive the extra chip.

12. There will be no splitting of a pot between players upon player request. Only a showdown will determine a split pot. Splitting (chopping) the blinds will be allowed in the event both players agree.

13. All cards must remain over the plane of the table and in full view of the dealer. In the event a card falls to the floor, the Poker Supervisor must retrieve it to the table. This retrieved card may constitute a dead hand at the discretion of the Poker Supervisor.

14. Players must act in turn; verbal action in turn is binding.

15. On all games the house will retrieve (Rake) 10% of the value of the pot up to a maximum of $4.00 on a $5.00 or lower minimum or $5.00 on any higher limits.

16. Abusive language or behavior will not be tolerated, and will be terms for immediate expulsion and possible barring from the poker room.

17. The “1/2 Bet Rule” is in effect. If a player goes all in for one-half (1/2) of a bet or more it will be considered a legal bet and it can be raised, or completed and raised. If a player goes all-in for less than one-half (1/2) of the bet it can only be completed.

18. Buy-in will be 5x the maximum bet limit for the game. One short buy-in will be allowed for every full buy-in made. A short buy-in will be a minimum of 1/2 a full buy-in for the game.

19. The above rules are not meant to be inclusive, but are a generalization.

20. As a courtesy to all players, “ENGLISH ONLY” will be enforced during the play of a hand.

21. Headphones will be allowed at the poker supervisor's discretion. Devices capable of two-way communication will not be allowed.

22. Players are allowed 1 dinner break (30 minutes) per shift.

23. We employ PROPOSITION PLAYERS. Prop players will play with their own funds for the purposes of starting poker games and keeping existing games intact.

24. Employees of Jackpot Junction Casino Hotel are permitted to play poker while off the clock.

25. Each game shall have its own Primary Jackpot Fund.

26. There shall be $1.00 taken from each hand when the pot reaches $20.00.

27. Distribution of jackpot funds received are as follows:
a. 70% of funds collected from each individual game will be added to the Primary Jackpot amount for each game. (i.e. Stud, Hold’em or Omaha).
b. 30% of funds collected from each individual game will be added to the Auxiliary Jackpot.

28. There will be one (1) Auxiliary Jackpot Fund, funded by each game’s jackpot drop and distributed back to players through the following:
a. Coupons
b. Promotions
c. Tournaments
d. And in the event that a Primary Jackpot is won, the Auxiliary Jackpot Fund will be used to seed the Primary Jackpot for each individual game.

29. It is the players’ responsibility to be in the playing area and hear the list being called. A player who intends to leave the playing area should notify the Poker Supervisor.

30. In regards to all matters pertaining to the Jackpot Junction Casino Hotel Poker Room, the decision of the Poker Supervisors will be complete and final.

BADBEAT JACKPOT RULES & PROCEDURES
1. Each game shall have its own Primary Jackpot Fund.

2. The amount of the Jackpot for each game will be posted each day by 3:00 p.m.

3. There shall be $1.00 taken from each hand when the pot reaches $20.00.

4. Distribution of jackpot funds received are as follows:
a. 70% of funds collected from each individual game will be added to the Primary Jackpot amount for each game.
b. 30% of funds collected from each individual game will be added to the Auxiliary Jackpot.

5. There will be (1) Auxiliary Jackpot Fund, funded by each game’s jackpot drop and distributed back to players through the following:
a. Coupons
b. Promotions
c. Tournaments
d. And in the event that a Primary Jackpot is won, the Auxiliary Jackpot Fund will be used to seed the Primary Jackpot for each individual game.

6. Qualifying Hands (must have at least $20.00 in the pot):
a. Hold’em: must be dealt to at least five (5) players.
i. Aces Full of Tens (A,A,A,10,10) beaten by a higher-ranking hand.
ii. Both Hole cards must play in both players hands.
iii. To qualify for aces full, the player must have at least one ace in the hole.

7. The hands that need to qualify for the Jackpot Progressive are the best two hands on the table. The winning hand is considered the hand that wins the pot. The losing hand is the second best hand on the table. If there is a tie for the second best hand, both hands will split the 50% losing hand portion of the jackpot.

8. Payout Percentages:
50% to Loser
25% to Winner
25% Distributed among qualified players

9. A player will be disqualified from the player’s share of the jackpot if:
a. You have a missed-blind button in all Flop Games.

10. Any communication during the play of a hand indicating that one player already has a jackpot hand or is drawing to a jackpot hand, or remarks that lead other players to believe that the time is ideal to attempt to play for a jackpot, may render subsequent jackpot null and void.