LarkMarlow
Legend
Silver Level
I've been playing online for about 5 years and have hit a royal about 4 times. One was even at a jackpot table, but there were no contenders for the bad beat...sigh. The odds of hitting one are 649,740 to 1 so I'm sure the reason we see them with a fair amount of frequency online is the huge number of hands dealt on a daily basis. I'm always sort of bummed that all we win is the pot--I think there at least oughta to be some kind of bonus.
In contrast, they are exceeding rare playing live and many rooms offer a very nice reward, even if they don’t advertise it. Just before Christmas two years ago I hit one on a local riverboat and I still remember the details like it was yesterday.
I had bought in for $200 at a 2-4 limit table and after about 3 hours was up to $350 or so. The play was not crazy loose or extremely tight--just good, solid poker. I was getting tired but decided to play one last hand. Under the gun, I looked down at QK of hearts. I decided that if I was going to play these cards, iffy at best in my position, I better raise. So I did. Narrowed the field, which is tough sometimes in low stakes limit, to 5 players.
The flop came Jack of hearts, 10 of hearts, and King of spades. I raised. The player next to me re-raised. 1 other person called; the blinds folded. The turn was another 10, this time spades. Though I put the guy on my left on a pair of Kings, I bet out. He raised again. The 2 remaining players folded. I called his raise. At this point I knew he had Kings full of tens and that if I had half a brain I should fold but I couldn’t—I was a long shot for a straight flush if a nine of hearts hit on the river or an even longer shot for the royal.
Here came the river and, yes, the Ace of hearts hit. I bet. He raised. I call. Sure enough, he turned over his KK. I turned over my QK hearts, smiled and said, “I think I gotcha.” There was a collective gasp around the table and I was surprisingly calm. The dealer shouted “Don’t touch those cards” and called for the floor. After she verified the hands she gave me some paper work to fill out and I asked why. She said, “Honey, you just won a thousand dollars.” I almost fell off my chair because I had no idea there was a prize!!! That was a very, very good night…
In contrast, they are exceeding rare playing live and many rooms offer a very nice reward, even if they don’t advertise it. Just before Christmas two years ago I hit one on a local riverboat and I still remember the details like it was yesterday.
I had bought in for $200 at a 2-4 limit table and after about 3 hours was up to $350 or so. The play was not crazy loose or extremely tight--just good, solid poker. I was getting tired but decided to play one last hand. Under the gun, I looked down at QK of hearts. I decided that if I was going to play these cards, iffy at best in my position, I better raise. So I did. Narrowed the field, which is tough sometimes in low stakes limit, to 5 players.
The flop came Jack of hearts, 10 of hearts, and King of spades. I raised. The player next to me re-raised. 1 other person called; the blinds folded. The turn was another 10, this time spades. Though I put the guy on my left on a pair of Kings, I bet out. He raised again. The 2 remaining players folded. I called his raise. At this point I knew he had Kings full of tens and that if I had half a brain I should fold but I couldn’t—I was a long shot for a straight flush if a nine of hearts hit on the river or an even longer shot for the royal.
Here came the river and, yes, the Ace of hearts hit. I bet. He raised. I call. Sure enough, he turned over his KK. I turned over my QK hearts, smiled and said, “I think I gotcha.” There was a collective gasp around the table and I was surprisingly calm. The dealer shouted “Don’t touch those cards” and called for the floor. After she verified the hands she gave me some paper work to fill out and I asked why. She said, “Honey, you just won a thousand dollars.” I almost fell off my chair because I had no idea there was a prize!!! That was a very, very good night…
Divebitch
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Silver Level
PattyR
Cardschat Elite
Silver Level
im pretty sure ive only had 1 royal flush in the year that ive been apart of online poker....i cant imagine 10
the lab man
CardsChat Irregular
Silver Level
Grindit9 the number 2,598,960 is the total number of hand calculations that can be dealt.
Actual odds for hittting a royal is 1 in 649,740
I have around 300,000 plus hand on various poker trackers, only had for a couple of years
probably 3 times that before PT
probably 3/4 times that on non PT sites
It's a guess
, but it is possible. Ive seen guys play 24 tables six max so there is not a lot that surprises me.