Look for more small pocket pairs and suited connectors being played: The Bad Beat has crossed the $100,000 mark again at the Palm Beach Kennel Club poker room.

It's at $107,324, according to the track's Jeff Prince. And it hasn't hit since April 22. PB Kennel had the state record earlier this year, blowing past $200,000 before it hit.

To win a bad beat, a really great hand has to outdo a great hand. (Often it's quads over quads.) When the bad beat jackpot rises, players tend to stay in more with hands that can make four of a kind or a straight flush, hoping to either be the winner or the loser of the big hand, poker room managers say.

Gulfstream and the Isle recently had their jackpots cross $100,000 as well. (I try to blog whenever it crosses $100,000.)

So, do you play more often or more hands if there's a bad beat out there? Or do you take advantage of suckers drawing to it, and eke out more of their cash?

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