As you can see (from my expert screen cap + cropping skillzzzz), the Thanksgiving Jackpot is now over $13K! You guys are hitting the Special Turkey SitNGos hard right now.

We are almost halfway through the month, so there is still time to crack your way into the top 128 players on the Leaderboard and become eligible for a unique starting stack in our Thanksgiving Heads up Grand Slam Finale.

Interested? I thought so.

Track the Leaderboard here and look for the Turkey SnGs in the player admin.

Bring yourself some luck this Friday the 13th, and compete for this growing jackpots.

The good people at CarbonPoker seeded the jackpot with $2,500 and you players have jacked it up to over $6K already. If that’s not enough motivation to work your way up the leader board, I’m not sure you should even keep reading this.

As I told you before, half of each Turkey Jackpot SnG gets thrown into the Final Tourney Jackpot. The top 128 players on the Thanksgiving leader board will face off in a unique starting stack heads up bracket tourney (say that 3 times fast) at the end of the promotion.

Track the Thanksgiving Leader Board here to see how far you need to go to increase your stack. If the first four days are any indication, there will be a lot to play for at the end of the month.

Current Leaders:

1. sliekas
2. mazokie
3. LTUFlawless
4. Edener2012
5. Smaggie
6. vader46
7. freeroller4
8. 27imod
9. mart1129
10. racer13

The November Promotion at CarbonPoker is awesome. It’s a month long SitnGo extravaganza with points, cash and stuffing — all culminating in a 128-man Heads Up Championship!

Here’s how it works: From November 1-30, Carbon is running specially added Turkey Jackpot SitnGos. Each time you play in one of these events you have the opportunity to earn Turkey Points and build the eventual jackpot.

For official rules, prizes and yada yada yada, check the Turkey Grand Slam Page. This page will also house the official leaderboard, real time jackpot amount and any other info you need.

Half of each Turkey Jackpot SnG will be added to the month-end Jackpot. To kick things off, we’re seeding the prize pool with $2,500 and it’s only going to go up from here.

The SitnGos will cost between $2+20c and $50+$5:

As you can see, there are tons of chances to earn points during November. Remember, only the top 128 players will make their way into the Unique Starting Stack heads up Grand Finale. The more points you earn, the more chips you’ll have for the final.

Get the jump on the rest of the competition and start playing as soon as you see the tourneys roll out.

For those of you already licking your chops for the eventual payout, here’s how it breaks down:

Spoiler alert: EVERYBODY that makes the top 128 will win something.

Result      Jackpot Payout

• 1st – 17%
• 2nd – 12%
• 3rd/4th – 7.5%
• 5-8th – 5%
• 9-16th – 2.5%
• 17-32nd – 1%
• 33-64th – $109 Coupon
• 65-128th – $11 Coupon

We know with the lowest qualifier online (Quad 7s or better losing), our Jackpot would be more frequent, but lately the RNGs have been dealing up bad beats at a frantic pace.

Just this morning, starterkit’s Queen High Straigh Flush bested GLADIATOR8791’s Quad 8s in a hand with a $23 pot on one of our Bad Beat Jackpot Tables. You know the rest.

$42,633.32 was awarded to GLADIATOR8791 and starterkit’s bankroll was padded with an additional $21,316.66. A slice of $3,045.23 was handed out to the remaining 7 players at the table — proving once again that losing can be profitable. CarbonPoker is the home of Bad Beats lately.

Because the Jackpots have gone off so often lately, these guys weren’t close to our $1.2Million Bad Beat Jackpot payout, but I’m sure they’ll still take it.

As usual, the Jackpot has been reseeded and is already growing. Check it out on the Homepage to see it increase in real time.

In the wee hours of the morning, WhiteCSix’s Royal Flush beat baseball127’s straight flush on one of Carbon’s Bad Beat Tables.

As the loser of the hands, baseball127 cleaned up with a staggering $211,758.31. WhiteCSix’s Royal Flush was good for 6 figures as well, totaling $105,879.15. Decent, right?

As for the players that smartly got out of the way, they all earned $15,125.59. For just. sitting. there. /logs on to poker account… /plays hands… /hopes for $15K.

As you probably know, CarbonPoker has the lowest qualifier of any Bad Beat Jackpot online. Only Quad 7s or better need to be beaten for the bonus to payout. The guys playing last night, however, weren’t messing around and decided to show down with two of the biggest hands in poker.

If you missed out on the jackpot, don’t worry! The BBJ has been reseeded and currently sits at a sizable $125K. Sure, that’s less than baseball127 took down himself, but the Bad Beat Jackpot has a way of getting up there when you least expect it.

Earlier this year, we had a World Record payout of $1.2Million and another one of almost $750K. It seems that CarbonPoker just loves giving away cash.
Congrats on tbe big wins, guys. If you’re looking to make an investment… I know this really great blogger with a lot of big ideas… Just let me know.

Early this morning, the Caribbean Stud jackpot paid off CarbonPoker player, ZuluTime.

At about 3am, ZuluTime won $30,437.63 on the $1 Caribbean Stud Table as his Royal Flush beat the dealer’s pair of Kings. This game only took 7 seconds. Caribbean Stud is quick and easy. If you beat the qualified dealer’s hand, you win your wager — and if you’ve played the jackpot bet, you’re eligible for that.

It sure pays off the play the jackpot, right?

The Caribbean Stud tables get a lot of action, and all of that helps increase the jackpot payout. The jackpot has already been re-seeded and is waiting for the next lucky winner.

Here’s the jackpot structure:

Royal Flush – 100%

Straight Flush – 10%

Four of a Kind – $100

Full House – $75

Flush – $50

Congrats to ZuluTime for the major win. CarbonPoker has paid out some big time jackpots. Two Bad Beats and numerous, smaller Caribbean Stud jackpots have been triggered. If you want in on the action, you’ve gotta hit the tables!

The important thing to remember when going for the Jackpot is that you’re going to have to play a lot more drawing hands.  This means that you should be playing nearly every pair of suited connectors you receive as well as many of the low pocket pairs that come around.  However, you should keep in mind that the suited connectors are even more crucial because the percentages show players are more likely to win the Bad Beat Jackpot with a straight flush as opposed to a 4-of-a-kind.  Plus it’s really easy for players to get caught up in constantly looking for that seemingly elusive fourth card.

But this doesn’t mean that you should avoid playing for the 4-of-a-kind though because these hands are crucial in maximizing your chances at the Bad Beat Jackpot.  Low pocket pairs can especially be valuable when you get the chance to see the flop, and even turn, cheaply!

Remember though that you don’t want to fall into the trap of trying to go for a lot of backdoor 4-of-a-kinds and straight flushes when the flop misses you entirely.  For instance, a lot of players will get caught up in paying to see the turn when they need two cards for a 4-of-a-kind or straight flush.  The odds of hitting these hands at this point are pretty slim so it’s best to wait until a better flop comes around next time.

For those of you who missed it, you can check out the Live Chat of the Event and re-live Cousins of Ron Mexico’s win, my respectable 2nd place showing, and AwfulAnnouncing’s aggro play.

I’m expecting a flood of questions about how to get in on the next event, SO, here it is:

We’re going to be regularly hosting blogger tourneys from here on out. They’re going to be bigger, better and have much larger fields. This was the trial run and we’ve figured out some ways to make it better.

If you want in, keep watching the blog and CarbonPoker on Twitter for further announcements. To get in, you need to be a contributor to a legit blog. Hit up the comments section or Twitter with your blog’s URL

For all you poker bloggers out there, get ready, because we’re rolling out something massive in the coming weeks that I’m pretty sure you’ll love.

Congrats again to Ween10 for the monster jackpot, and to all the other players for being part of the action.

Here’s our newest deposit bonus, that gives you a free shot at the $50K tourney:

Right now, if you deposit $250 or more into your CarbonPoker account, you’ll automatically be credited with a free $109 entrance coupon into the event.

To be eligible, you must deposit between now and Sunday. It’s that easy.

With a deposit that you’d be making anyways, you can turn our biggest guaranteed online poker tournament of the week into a freeroll. Don’t miss out on this action.

Requirements of Promo:
Min. Deposit $250
PIC-Club deposits not valid
Entry Coupon Expires 29 June, 2009
Must have earned 100 VIP points to be eligible for bonus.

What: Sunday’s $50,000 Guaranteed
When: Every Sunday @ 15:00 (Carbon Time)
How: $109 Coupon, Cash Buy-in or VIP Points
Where: Tournaments >> Scheduled >> Special

See you Sunday.