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Nicolai Jacobsen, 21, from Denmark, thought he was the unluckiest poker player ever when his four of a kind aces hand was beaten on the river by an even better hand: Royal Straight Flush. The pot of 2,541 SEK (about €285) went to his opponent, but it didn't take long before he realized that he was the big winner of the hand.

The table Jacobsen was sitting at was a so-called Bad Beat Table on NordicBet and because he lost the hand he had won amazing €219,644,93! Jacobson, as you probably can imagine, was in shock and thought that it all was a dream.

"It's totally crazy. I didn't even know that it was a Bad Beat table I was playing on. I really got shocked and had to check my account balance an extra time."

Read more » Lost €285 Pot with Four of a Kind Aces - Got €219k as a Consolation!!

On Sunday Microgaming (poker network) throws a tournament with a €750,000 guaranteed prize pool (buy-in €300+€20). It's the old €500,000 tournament that has gotten its prize pool boosted with €250,000 or 50% extra. That Microgaming with such a short notice add so much money to a single tournament doesn't come as a surprise. Just like many other poker sites/networks, Microgaming are now taking up the fight for the tournament players since Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars were forced to reduce the guarantees in their biggest Sunday tournaments.

Read more » Mircrogaming announces a €750,000 guarantee tournament