Some dangerous beats are worse than others. However within the case of a West Virginia poker participant, his dangerous beat Thursday afternoon ended up netting him practically half 1,000,000 {dollars}.
Rivers On line casino Pittsburgh introduced Thursday that its dangerous beat jackpot was triggered after a Texas Maintain ’em participant misplaced a sport regardless of holding 4 aces. The monumental loss led to the gamers on the desk splitting greater than $1.2 million. Benjamin Flanagan of Huttonsville, WV, who had the 4 aces, gained greater than $490,000 of the jackpot. (Picture: Rivers Pittsburgh)
Benjamin Flanagan of Huttonsville, WV, was enjoying no-limit Texas Maintain ’em Thursday at Rivers On line casino Pittsburgh when he hit 4 aces in a hand on the $1-$3 desk. That’s a profitable hand virtually anytime.
The key phrase in that final sentence was virtually as a result of Raymond Broderson of Wexford, PA, drew a royal flush, one of the best hand accessible in poker in the identical sport.
That sequence triggered Rivers’ “dangerous beat jackpot,” a progressive jackpot that paid out at greater than $1.2 million. Thursday’s jackpot payout at Rivers Pittsburgh was the primary because it was hit for practically $150,000 on April 14, 2021.
It was a ‘doubtlessly life-changing’ sport, Rivers Assistant Normal Supervisor Andre Barnabei mentioned in an announcement. Thursday’s payout shattered the earlier report payout of greater than $480,000, which occurred 5 years in the past.
After we launch a foul beat jackpot, we do not know when it is going to hit or how massive it is going to get,” Barnabei mentioned. “It’s virtually as thrilling for us as it’s for the winners.”
The jackpot pays out each time somebody has 4 of a sort which might be 10s or greater and to both a better 4 of a sort or a straight flush. Beneath the jackpot guidelines, Flanagan obtained 40% of the jackpot, or $490,708. In addition to profitable the pot for the sport, Broderson additionally obtained 30%, which was $368,029.
Even the opposite gamers on the desk obtained a share. The opposite six every took dwelling $61,338.
What Are the Odds?
So how uncommon is it for a Texas Maintain ‘em sport to have a royal flush and 4 of a sort?
In line with one enjoying card firm, the chances are astronomical. BicycleCards.com mentioned that the possibilities of a royal flush beating 4 aces are about 1-in-165 million fingers.
For many who don’t play poker, in Texas Maintain ‘em, every participant is dealt two playing cards face down. After a spherical of betting, three group playing cards are dealt face up. There’s one other spherical of betting, adopted by a fourth group card after which one other spherical of betting.
A last card is dealt, after which a last spherical of betting happens earlier than gamers nonetheless within the sport present their fingers, which encompass one of the best 5 playing cards out of their two playing cards and the 5 group playing cards.
About Rivers Pittsburgh
Rivers is one among 5 casinos operated by Chicago-based Rush Road Gaming. The land-based on line casino is just not removed from the place the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers meet on the Ohio River in Downtown Pittsburgh.
With 30 poker tables, Rivers Pittsburgh has the second-biggest poker site of any on line casino in Pennsylvania, in response to the Pennsylvania Gaming Management Board (PGCB). Rivers additionally has 99 dwell supplier or digital desk video games. With 2,466 slot machines, it presents the third-most of any on line casino within the Keystone State.
