Progressive BadBeat tables - A theory

[mcgin]

Well I did something I would normally never do today. I played on the progressive bad beat jackpot tables on Prima. Now, I have a theory that the standard of play on these tables is lower then on normal tables. Why you ask? Well its simple really, anyone who plays poker seriously should not stand for the extra money they siphon off the top to fund the jackpot since your chances of winning any portion of it are so low. So I think the people playing on those tables are the type of people who enter lotteries, play slot machines etc. in the hope of a big pay off. Not the type of people who grind out a nice profit in the long run playing solid poker. So the big question is, is the standard so low (if my theory is correct) that it makes up for the siphoning done by the poker rooms? I intend to play a bit more often on these tables to see for myself, but day 1 certainly seems to prove the point, I was the only profitable player on my table after 1.5 hours of play (there were about 4 other players on the table that were there for that long too). Anyone else fancy checking it out to see what they think? Might also be worth bearing in mind the jackpot size, its currently $50K

[GaF]

Re: Progressive BadBeat tables - A theory Interesting theory....... How do they work? Is the rake higher? Is an "extra" rake taken for the jackpot? or is the fund paid for by the poker rooms (from the normal rake)?