Ahem. I thought almost everyone on CC was a microstakes player. Considering that the BB jackpot tables start at a micro level, I dunno why anyone would be especially shocked by weirdness. Weird hands happen every day when folks are playing for cheap.
I think that if everyone at the table has the "logic" of the bad beat jackpot in their heads, that it shouldn't be too incredibly difficult(time consuming and tedious? yes. difficult? no) to be at a bad beat jackpot table where someone wins. But I imagine it's quite an unusual sensation to be disappointed when you win a hand
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Anyway, at Ultimatebet the jackpot's split between everyone playing at that level with the most going to the "sufferer" of the bad beat. After that it's the actual winner of the hand. Then the table. Then the level. Then UB takes a percentage of the jackpot to use as seed money to start the jackpot all over again. It wouldn't suck to just keep playing if you can afford to. Good chance of boosting your BR just sitting there.
Oh but you have to be actively playing and not sitting out. Anyone who loses with quad 8's or better wins the jackpot and that happens at regular tables too so it sure would be nice to get paid to lose for a change. Ah heck, that's the allure.