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Lakewood Man Wins $1M On $5 Poker Bet In Atlantic City
Borgata officials said the odds were 1 in more than 20 million that the winning hand would be drawn.
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ — A Lakewood man is having a very Merry Christmas after a $5 poker bet paid off with a $1 million prize on Sunday in Atlantic City.
The win happened at the Borgata. The casino said the man, identified only as Harold M., had bet $5 on the casino's "6-Card Bonus during Three-Card Poker and wound up with a 6-card royal straight flush of diamonds. For those who aren't poker officionados, a royal straight flush is the ace, king, queen, jack, and 10, all of the same suit; in the 6-card royal straight flush, the 9 is added.
This is the first time this bet has hit at Borgata, casino officials said.
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The odds of hitting the bet? The Borgata consulted experts at wizardofodds.com, who said the odds of hitting the 6-card Bonus Royal Flush are 1 in 20,348,320.
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