After climbing quietly and steadily for a while now, the Bad Beat Jackpot on Microgaming’s Poker Network was triggered this week. The online casino and poker software provider said that six lucky players had taken home their share of €400,000 as a result of the win. This was the biggest Bad Beat Jackpot ever won on the Microgaming Poker Network.

Bad Beat Poker is hugely popular among players because it actually pays out to losers at the game. The jackpot is hit by players who have experienced a bad poker beat and this particular prize was claimed after a player at the Microgaming powered Nordic Bet poker site, Garboork_jai lost with four of a kind aces to a straight flush.

The fact that the Danish player managed to hit the Bad Beat Jackpot meant that all five of the other players at the table also shared in his luck. Garboork_jai won €219,645 while the other five shared the other chunk of the jackpot, a hefty €439,289.83.

“It’s really crazy. First I was annoyed I lost the hand but then I realized I won the jackpot. I’m still in shock. It sure is a lot of money!” said the Danish player.

When asked what he intends doing with his payout, the winner said that he would definitely be travelling with some of it to Vegas.

The Head of Network Games at Microgaming, Lydia Melton, said about the win: “Since the jackpot was so huge when it was hit and 20% is used to seed the next Jackpot, over €130,000 is still up for grabs.”