Welcome to HitTheBadBeat.com, the only tracker of live poker room jackpots. If you are not familiar with the term "bad beat," a "bad beat" in poker is when a player with a very strong, favored hand is beat by an even stronger hand. An example of this is losing with four-of-a-kind, to a higher four-of-a-kind. Because the odds of this happening are very small, it does not happen very often. For this reason, many poker rooms have a progressive jackpot which pays out various ways whenever there is a "bad beat". Some of these jackpots reward the player who loses the hand, some reward the winner of the hand, and some reward everyone who was dealt in at the table. The rules of these jackpots and their payouts differ from one poker room to the next, so a "bad beat" in one place may not be considered a "bad beat" in another place, and the payout may be distributed differently. This is where HitTheBadBeat.com comes in...

Because these jackpots do not payout often, they can get very large. Many experienced poker players will tend to play only at the nearest poker room with the highest jackpot. Even inexperienced players will follow this behavior and play for a chance at the jackpots. HitTheBadBeat.com can increase your chances of winning one of these jackpots by keeping you informed on their statuses at all times. It empowers players to take control of the jackpots according to their preferences.

Public visitors to HitTheBadBeat.com can view the top ten jackpots that are being tracked and search for poker rooms with tracked jackpots by name or location. Registered users have the ability to select any tracked jackpot they want, and subscribe to it. This allows the players to receive weekly emails with all of the jackpot information for all of the jackpots they are tracking. In addition to this, registered users have the ability to configure instant alerts for specific events related to such jackpots. This allows players to configure an instant alert when a jackpot exceeds or falls below a specified amount, or if the rules change. Empowered with this information, HitTheBadBeat.com can turn poker players into jackpot winners!