Royal #2

[Reel Deal]

From Cake Poker...
Hand #1261011491000532: Chelsea (6-Max) 11491
Seat 2: tequiLLXa (147.75 in chips)
Seat 4: Damirka1 (84.15 in chips)
Seat 5: Terrified (102.35 in chips)
Seat 8: NoSoup4U (105.70 in chips)
Seat 10: TEXAS TEA (53.00 in chips)
NoSoup4U: posts small blind $0.50
TEXAS TEA: posts big blind $1
Dealt to NoSoup4U [ Kc Qc ]
tequiLLXa: folds
Damirka1: folds
Terrified: calls
NoSoup4U: calls normally would raise here, but trying something I read
TEXAS TEA: checks
*** FLOP *** [ 2d Jc Kh ]
NoSoup4U: bets $2
TEXAS TEA: calls
Terrified: calls
*** TURN *** [ Tc ]
NoSoup4U: checks was hoping to c/r
TEXAS TEA: checks
Terrified: checks
*** RIVER *** [ Ac ]
NoSoup4U: bets $5
TEXAS TEA: folds
Terrified: folds
NoSoup4U: returns uncalled bet $5
*** SHOW DOWN ***
NoSoup4U wins $8.55 BIG MONEY BABY, BIG!

[2Tone]

The jackpot at my local cardroom for a club royal flush is $23k. It usually tops out at around 10k -- this is the highest anybody remembers it getting.

[Talking Poker]

You mean it's not even a bad beat jackpot? You just need to have a club royal flush and you win the jackpot? Sweet.

Do other RFs count for anything? Does there need to be a showdown?

With a jackpot that big, it would actually be profitable chasing one outers...

[2Tone]

90% of my play is at the Golden Nugget () just south of Seattle, a five minute drive from my office.

Quads or better pay a jackpot of least $100, with separate prizes for each card value (meaning quad 6s might be at $148, quad kings at $112, etc). Both hole cards must play, but there is no minimum for the size of the pot. Before chopping (which is rare anyway), the SB will typically ask the BB if he “needs a caller” to potentially hit a jackpot.

The jackpot goes up each day until it is hit, at which point it resets back to $100. It doesn’t usually get above $300 or so. I’ve hit it three or four times over the past couple years.

For royal flushes, it starts at $1000, and is broken down by suit (meaning hearts pays a different amount than spades). They often hit $10k, but the current $23k for clubs is by far the highest anybody remembers it getting. The only time I ever hit a royal in live play was at the IP in Vegas , for which I was awarded a $75 restaurant credit, which still hangs in my office.

It’s all funded by a $2 jackpot drop on top of the standard 10%/$3 max rake. There is no bad beat jackpot.

The remainder of my local play is at a smaller place called Roxy’s. They also pay jackpots, but require a pot size of $10, and they reset to $50 instead of $100. But during the day and late-night hours they also have a gimmick called a “splash pot” where they add an extra $25 of house money to the first pot of the hour. Everyone calls of course, and sometimes the pot will be capped seven or eight handed pre-flop. I’m still trying to figure out if there is an optimal strategy for these splash pots.

[BlibbityBlabbity]

Good question, what hands have equity vs 8-9 other random hands if everyone definitely sees the flop?

I would guess any pair and any hand that has a possibility of flopping a really strong showdown hand (suited connectors, not 23s) and connectors and any high straight cards. Dump any hands that would have to flop a FH/quads to be confident on the flop (73/23/82/T4, etc) and fold the flop without something promising.

I would guess once it is capped PF people stick around hoping they are good till the turn/river, right? That is probably the biggest money sink. Seeing the flop with potentially big hands should be a good bet overall with the money added (I guess it depends on the limit you are playing too, since a $25 sweetener in a 1/2 game is much different than 2/4, 3/6.)

[melioris]

from this morning, something like #4 or 5
Full Tilt Cash game, $0.50/$1 Pot Limit, 6 players
Hand History by

SB: $82.95
BB: sitting out
UTG: $122.35
HERO (MP): $103.05
CO: $30
Button: $107.65

SB posts Small Blind $0.5
UTG posts
Pre-flop: A T ($1.5)
HERO raises to $4.5
CO folds
Button folds
SB folds
UTG calls $3.5

Flop: 2 K J ($9.5)
UTG checks
HERO bets $8
UTG calls $8

Turn: 2 K J Q ($25.5)
UTG checks
HERO bets $14.5
UTG calls $14.5

River: 2 K J Q 4 ($54.5)
UTG checks
HERO bets $40
UTG raises to $95.3 and is all in
HERO calls $36.0 and is all in

UTG shows J Q
HERO wins $204.60 with a Royal Flush

[Talking Poker]

That's awesome. Did you pause for a few seconds before the river bet?

[melioris]

I paused before all 3 streets, excepting calling the river shove.

[Reel Deal]

Sweet, and got paid off too... n1 Mel!