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Sandia Poker Room Bad Beat Jackpots

We are the only tracker of live Bad Beat Jackpots for online poker sites. The featured jackpots are shown below along with their requirements and reviews of winning. Each Bad Beat Jackpot is different for each site so we recommend you read the basics for each site so you don’t miss out. We’ve seen people lose a 6 figure jackpot over 5 cents! Please hit refresh to see the current poker jackpots amount.

1. Sandia has the same rake structure as the other casinos in the area - 10% with a $3 maximum. They also have a $1 drop for the bad beat jackpot which stood at $50,000 or so. You needed aces full of.
2. Some poker players complain that too much money gets taken out of pots to be diverted into a poker room's bad beat jackpot promotional fund. With that said, overall the existence of bad beat jackpots is very much a good thing. Here are three reasons why you should embrace the idea of bad beat jackpots.
3. We are told that Sandia Poker Room does not currently run any poker tournaments. Find other nearby poker tournaments here. Have a question about Sandia Poker Room? Ask our community!

Our Visitors Have Hit. So far that we know of two players that have visited our site have hit these bad beat jackpots. We got word that two players hit a jackpot on the same day, one winning $128,000 and another person from here was sitting at the same table and won $18,000.

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Sandia Poker Room Bad Beat Jackpot Game

Online poker room, BetOnline, has temporarily shutdown. Fortunately, it should be re-opening again very soon, hopefully within 3 days at the latest/April 20th. Apparently BetOnline is upgrading their poker site which should provide for a better overall experience for their players.

Sandia Poker Room Bad Beat Jackpot Casino

Our Visitors Have Hit

So far that we know of two players that have visited our site have hit these bad beat jackpots. We got word that two players hit a jackpot on the same day, one winning $128,000 and another person from here was sitting at the same table and won $18,000. The main winner won $258,000 for his quad fours getting beat by quad sevens. Those are two unlucky lucky guys! This was one of the biggest jackpots that we know of that our players have hit, but there surely have been more, and they do happen on a daily basis!

Not Just Playing Online

Bad beat jackpots have been becoming more and more popular at live based 'brick and mortar' casinos. If you navigate our site you'll find our expanding section of casinos that have bad beat pots. The rules tend to change quite a bit for these jackpots so it's always good to ask the dealers what the requirements are.

A Couple Quick Tips

Right now, I'd have to say if you're going to play online, do so at BetOnline.ag. They have a large player database so the bad beat jackpot is constantly rising and falling. Of course, you want to play when it's peaking. BetOnline is also a poker site accepted from the US. There's really no point in playing in my opinion if the jackpot is low because we pretty much always have one site listed where the jackpot is over $100,000.

PokerStars or Full Tilt Jackpots

Because these two sites have the most players of any sites out there combined (even though they don't accept USA players), there is a real possibility for some mega jackpots to happen. It is something we've talked to Pokerstars and Full Tilt about having but at this time they are not adding any poker jackpot tables. Despite this, we still see demand because the jackpots could get into the 10,000,000 range if done properly, along with daily $1,000,000 jackpots. It is our intention to stay on top of these two sites to bring you the mega jackpots. Anyways, for now good luck on getting unlucky!

There are many poker rooms in the Albuquerque-Santa Fe area. Each has its charms and special qualities. All are worth visiting if you have the time to do so. That being said, there is only one room in the area for the serious mid-stakes or high-stakes player. That room is the Sandia Resort and Casino poker room.

I first visited Sandia when it was a smoky hell of a place, back in the old days in the older casino that was little more than a Quonset hut. I've been back a couple of times since they moved into their picturesque, full-service casino on the other side of Interstate 25. Though this isn't the equal of the biggest and best poker rooms in California, Nevada or Connecticut, it's surely as close as you will come to a major poker room in New Mexico.

Sandia is home to 15 modern comfortable poker tables - tables that are often full and loud and busy. There are well-cushioned chairs; there is excellent lighting, a well run board, new or relatively new chips and cards, and a bustling atmosphere that promotes action. Unlike other rooms in the area, you never have to worry about not finding a game at Sandia. If the room is open (and it is from 10 AM until 4 AM during the week and 24 hours on weekends) there will be at least a few games going.

The games include all of the low-stakes affairs that you'll find in the other rooms - the $1/2 no-limit game and the $2/4 and $3/6 limit hold'em. But this room offers more. While I was there on a Sunday afternoon they were spreading $4/8 with a half kill, $10/20, and $20/40 limit hold'em. They also had a couple of $2/5 blind no limit games and a $4/8 with a half-kill Omaha-8 game. They never have stud - though they added, as all rooms do, that they'd gladly spread it if they had the players. A pot-limit Omaha game goes off sometimes, I was told, as well as a $10/20 Omaha-8 game, but neither was going while I was there on three different occasions during the week.

I played a total of six or so hours of no limit in the $1/2-blind game, and about three hours of $4/8 Omaha-8. I played at all hours - at 9:00 AM one day, 4:00 PM another day, and at 2:00 AM yet another. I found the five tables I played at during those visits to be very similar. Typically there were three or four very poor players, a couple of retirees grinding out the game timidly, and then a couple or so players who seemed to know what they were doing. (The only game with a slightly different line up was a $4/8 w/ kill Omaha-8 game - where all of the players but one were pretty awful).

Here's an interesting hand of no-limit hold'em that I played. There was a brand new dealer (most seemed to be veterans). It was the second hand I played on my first visit - on a Sunday evening. I was sitting five to the left of the button and was dealt two Jacks. There were two folds after the big blind. I raised to $14; a guy did this on the previous hand and got one caller. I got three callers including the small blind. The flop was a king and two blanks. The small blind checked; I checked, the next player checked, but before the final player could act the dealer turned a nine. The last player objected, saying that he was going to bet. The other players said that he could bet if he wanted to. No one called the floor. No one seemed especially upset by any of this. The original objector whined and said it was okay - and let the fourth street card stand. (Nothing like 'players get to decide what is done' rules). Everyone checked the turn to him. He bet $25. Everyone folded. He flashed us all a king and a smile.

Sandia has the same rake structure as the other casinos in the area - 10% with a $3 maximum. They also have a $1 drop for the bad beat jackpot which stood at $50,000 or so. You needed aces full of jacks beaten to qualify, with both hole cards playing. I got the sense that there were at least a handful of folks who were there for no other reason than to be at the table when the bad beat was hit.

They offer some player point promotions, awarding comps based on points earned at the table. But the points are so minuscule that it isn't worth considering, on the order of a few cents an hour.

Sandia is home to a few weekly and some large special tournaments. They have sit-and-goes every Monday and Wednesday and then regular no-limit hold'em, pineapple, and Omaha tournaments on Tuesday and Sunday. When I was there they had a larger tournament than their weekly events – a $300 'Play with the Big Dogs' no-limit hold'em tournament. There were 134 players with a $25,000+ first-place prize. None of the other rooms have action like that.

A few other things to consider about this nice room: The high ceiling and lack of cigarette smoke give the place an airy feel. There are free drinks. And though the food surely isn't free, there is a cheap snack bar near the poker room with hot dogs, nachos, soup and sandwiches for only a few bucks each.

They don't allow reading at the table (which always strikes me as an insult to we poker writers) but you can listen to a headset.

All in all this is a very good room, clearly the best place to play serious poker in the area. I recommend it highly.

Sandia Resort & Casino

30 Rainbow Road NE

Albuquerque, NM 87113

505-796-7500

800-526-9366

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