Party Poker Introduces New High Hand Jackpot

Party Poker, the internet’s largest poker room, has implemented its version of a progressive High Hand Jackpot. Available at specially designated tables at limits $2/$4 through $15/$30, 70% of the current jackpot will be paid out to the players at the table when somebody wins with a Royal Flush (20% is used to restart the jackpot and 10% is kept by Party Poker as a fee). The winner of the hand receives 70% of the distribution, while the other players who were actually dealt cards (no, sitting out does not count) split the remaining 30% equally. Other important rules for the jackpot:

• 4 or more players must be dealt cards
• Winning hand must use both hole cards AND the hand must go to a showdown
• Players may not discuss the hand or otherwise tip each other off until the hand is completed.

For complete rules on this and Party Poker’s other jackpot, the Bad Beat Jackpot, visit http://www.partypoker.com/news/events/jackpot_rules.html.

Party Poker also recently made some other changes, including:

• Re-buy and add-on options in some tournaments.
• Nine-player tables for some $1/$2 and $10/$20 Limit Hold’em games.
• The ability to create private No-Limit and Pot-Limit tables.