Where I come from there is a "bad beat" progressive jackpot. They take a dollar from every hand dealt in the poker room and when the bad beat happens, the loser gets 50% of it, the winner 25% and the rest of the table splits the last 1/4. The bad beat is only in effect with 6 or more people sitting.

We we're playing a short handed game with only four people (no bad beat), so naturally a pocket pair, a high card or suited connectors are huge! I got dealt the A, 2 of spades. Everyone called preflop and we had a family pot. The flop was the 3, 4, 5 of spades. I flopped a straight flush! I was on the button and to my surprise the betting was capped before it got to me, so I called.

The turn card was the 4 of clubs, the betting was capped when it got to me so I called. The river was the 5 of clubs. The betting was capped again when it got to me so I called. The man to my left threw down pocket 5's! The other guy yelled out "bad beat" and showed his pocket 4's. I said "I got you all" and showed my A, 2 of spades, the last man showed the 6, 7 of spades. It was a four way bad beat: straight flush over straight flush over quad 5's over quad 4's. We took a picture of it and kept playing. I managed to win back what I lost there, nonetheless it was worth paying just to see!