Perth man wins $2.7 million after $10 poker bet at Crown

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HOLDING 27 $100,000 dollar chips in his hands at Crown Perth, Nigel Williams was cracking jokes when the cashier asked ‘would you like cash or cheque, sir?’
The Perth father of two had just hit the jackpot winning $2.7 million on a $10 bet on Texas Holdem Poker at the casino.
“Geez, I should have brought a bigger bag,” was his response as he relived the moment he became an instant millionaire with Tim Gossage on radio station 6iX on Wednesday.
Mr Williams, 45, said he was playing roulette when he decided he needed a break and turned his attention to Texas Holdem Poker.
For those who don’t play the game, Mr Williams explained players can place either a $5, a $10 or a $15 jackpot bet.
“I just put down a $10 jackpot,” he told the radio station.
“If it is a $5 jackpot and you get a royal flush you win $1.8 million, if it is $10 it is $2.8 million, and $15 it is $3.8 million, so a couple of people have already asked why I wasn’t betting $15.
“On the sixth hand that I was playing I got a royal flush.”
Mr Williams said the “dealer was stunned”.
“There was nobody else playing it was just me,” he said laughing.
“They brought me 27 $100,000 chips and I took them to the cashier and they said ‘would you like cash or cheque, sir’ and I looked at them and said ‘geez I should have brought a bigger bag’.”
A self-described “immigrant battler,” Mr Williams said he came to Australia at the age of 17 with his family from Zimbabwe.
Despite the big win, Mr Williams — the managing director of a golf course management company – doesn’t plan to completely down tools.
“I’ve got the greatest job in Australia — so what I will do is semi-retire, I’ll work five days instead of seven, and I’ll put the money in the bank,” he said.
“I’m not going to do anything until March.”
 
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Might have to give Perth a visit.
 
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If u hit the high hand in the card room you get five hundred bucks at my casino, and it resets every hour, can't be a tournament either, had to be in a no limit cash game and u have to play both ur cards
 
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Great story, but it just goes to show that to win such a prize you don't have to be good at poker, or even know anything about it, it's just down to the luck of the draw and being in the right place at the right time. Good luck to the guy... Hope he realises that he probably won't ever achieve this again and does pit the money to good use rather than gambling!
 
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He should have kept playing IMO.
 
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