Poker player hits jackpot with rare hand in Las Vegas. What were the winning cards?
A gambler got lucky at a poker table in Las Vegas with one of the rarest hands in the game.
Now, the local resident is $450,000 richer.
The visitor went to a Pai Gow poker table at Palace Station, the casino said in a Nov. 21 post on X, formerly known as Twitter.
The player ended up hitting the $441,184 jackpot with a seven-card straight flush.
On top of that, the gambler won $5,000 on a $5 bet, the casino said.
“Each player that had at least $5 dollars on the fortune bonus received $500 for envy,” the casino said in the post.
The lucky poker player’s winning cards were a 3, 4, joker, 6, 7, 8 and 9 with the joker acting as a 5.
A straight flush happens when all cards are in sequential order and in the same suit.
“A straight flush represents one of the rarest and strongest hands you can make in a game of poker,” according to Upswing Poker.
Palace Station is a less than 5-mile drive from the Strip.
This story was originally published November 22, 2024 at 2:59 PM with the headline "Poker player hits jackpot with rare hand in Las Vegas. What were the winning cards?."
