ok so a few weeks ago I was playing at the local dog track. They have a bad beat jackpot where if four twos are beaten by four whatever then you hit the jackpot. bad beat guy guys 50 percent, the winner of bad beat gets 25 percent and the rest of table splits the other 25 percent. So i am dealt A,3. The flop comes 5,3,3. i bet out small and he calls. Next card is a 3. I bet he raises i call. next card is a 5. I bet hes all in i call. He flips over 55 for a hand of 5,5,5,5,8
i have A,3,3,3,3. the pot was around 500. We all start screaming that we got the bad beat. My share would of been close to 50k. So i am excited as hell as well as rest of table. The pit boss comes over and starts looking at it and to make a long story short says that both of my cards are not in play so its no bad beat. I say no my Ace plays because the 8 was the highest board card so my two cards do play. He says no. We go look at the posted rules on the board at the entrance and the rules say nothing about this. It just says both cards must play. I have seen bad beats in other places where this is acceptable. I was in the managers office forever arguring my point. I told them if this is the case they should post different rules. They told me its just that way and its the way its always been. Well This is 50k and it can't be just the way it is. So anyway here is my problem. The guy who was the winner has been in contact with me and he wants to get a lawyer and try to fight this. I have been fighting with myself for the last couple weeks because i dont know what to do. I hate lawsuits and that crap but i just dont know. Am i wrong here? Do i have a case?
i have A,3,3,3,3. the pot was around 500. We all start screaming that we got the bad beat. My share would of been close to 50k. So i am excited as hell as well as rest of table. The pit boss comes over and starts looking at it and to make a long story short says that both of my cards are not in play so its no bad beat. I say no my Ace plays because the 8 was the highest board card so my two cards do play. He says no. We go look at the posted rules on the board at the entrance and the rules say nothing about this. It just says both cards must play. I have seen bad beats in other places where this is acceptable. I was in the managers office forever arguring my point. I told them if this is the case they should post different rules. They told me its just that way and its the way its always been. Well This is 50k and it can't be just the way it is. So anyway here is my problem. The guy who was the winner has been in contact with me and he wants to get a lawyer and try to fight this. I have been fighting with myself for the last couple weeks because i dont know what to do. I hate lawsuits and that crap but i just dont know. Am i wrong here? Do i have a case?
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