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Poker Player Bags Over $392,000 Online
The very lucky video poker player managed to nail a pair of royal flushes in a period of just three days. The nouveau riche's take? More than US$392,000.
Spokesperson for Golden Tiger Casino, Emma Hall, released a statement saying the player known as ‘PS' also won playing video poker in February, bringing the sum of his winnings thus far - and in merely three months - to over US$786,000.
Golden Tiger Casino is part of the Australian Casino Rewards group. The company's web site is licensed in the Kahnawake Native peoples' reservation on the outskirts of Montreal, Quebec. Considered a separate legal jurisdiction within Canada, Kahnawake licenses a long list of online gaming sites based throughout the world.
A royal flush is the strongest poker hand one can achieve, both in online video poker games and the traditional varieties enjoyed by millions seated in poker rooms globally. This winning combo comprises a 10, Jack, Queen, King, and Ace all from the same suit.
The likelihood of being dealt a royal flush, said an official from Golden Tiger Casino, is more than 600,000 to one.
The Casino Rewards group also announced that, in the month of March, it had 11 jackpot winners at its 18 various online casinos. The company is currently offering new poker players at it site a free hour of video poker plus a deposit bonus up to US$250.