On Thursday afternoon at the Rivers Casino on Pittsburgh's North Shore, Benjamin Flanagan, of West Virginia took home nearly $500,000 when his four aces were beaten by a royal flush in a game of no-limit Texas hold'em. PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -A West Virginia man playing Texas hold'em suffered one of the worst bad beats you can imagine - and came away as a big winner as a result. Bad beat in Rivers Casino poker game triggers record jackpot 00:48