Judie Kraiem gets bad beat Omaha jackpot at Dania
Judie Kraiem thought she had a winner when she hit for four queens Saturday afternoon in an Omaha game at Dania Jai-Alai’s cardroom. Then Bernie Zisholtz flipped his cards to reveal four kings.
And the table erupted into applause.
Kraeim hit the $4,901 Bad Beat, and the table shared the money.
Kraiem received 50 percent of the jackpot pool or almost $2,500; Zisholtz got $1,470 plus what he won in the hand. The remaining players that were at the table playing each received $163.
Meanwhile, Dania’s regular Texas Hold’em Bad Beat Jackpot is over $30,000 and still building each day.
The Dan Le Batard Celebrity tournament is at 8 p.m. tonight, at Dania, 301 E. Dania Beach Blvd.
NICK SORTAL began playing 3-card "gut" and "Indian poker" on high school band trips, moved on to "night baseball" and "pass the trash" during a Dr. Pepper-infused midnight game in the 1980s at the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, and now play in a regular neighborhood Hold 'Em game in Plantation. I have been given the assignment of writing about the gambling life in South Florida casinos for the Sun-Sentinel...which means sitting around watching poker on TV now counts as research.
