The Million Dollar Plus Badbeat Jackpot at Merge Gaming has been won ! A young college student from New York won $417,396 after his straight flush was beaten at a merge gaming network online poker table on February 13th. Whoever believes that Friday the 13th is an unlucky day could never convince the poker player known as "Ruggio" of that !

Ruggio made a jack high straight flush on the river and had thought he won the hand. But online poker player "Aelani" had him beat with the King high straight. His disappointment soon turned to elation though when Merge's online software graphics kicked in with a bad beat celebration, raining chips down onto the table. It may as well been raining money for everyone at the table !

Aelani received over $200,000 as his share of the badbeat jackpot and everyone else at the table got over $41,000 for being at the winning table. According to onlinegambling.com, Aeliani stated after he received his winnings , “My first reaction when I saw that I hit a piece of the Jackpot was ‘oh my God’, I am paying for college completely on my own through student loans so first and foremost I thought about how I would be able to pay off all my student loans and start my life in the real world debt-free.” 

Merge is my favourite online gaming network with Carbon and PDC Poker being the two I play poker at . Both rooms also have a casino that has the most popular games to play online . Make sure to try them out and you just may be the next big winner !