[GainerRakeback]

I've been playing poker for about 3-4 years, but playing online only about 4 months. If you get a Royal Flush at the casino I play at, they give you the choice of a nice chip set case or a RF jacket. (I'd take the case). Never got one live though. But just recently I got my first royal flush playing at Ultimate Bet (.25/.50 NLHE). The hand history is below. The other player had the 7c8c, and he showed great restraint in not raising me since only the 9c or Ac could have him beat. We were the two big stacks at the table.



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Hand #55258635-84561 at Argora (No Limit Hold'em)
Started at 12/Sep/08 13:06:33

RakinBig71 is at seat 0 with $9.50.
Vcrtwrght is at seat 1 with $40.20.
upswinggg is at seat 2 with $27.30.
Juurvili is at seat 3 with $47.10.
cpt_omaha is at seat 4 with $24.50.
Puffy Pillow is at seat 5 with $49.90.
BYRDNFLIGHT is at seat 6 with $49.75.
aussie33 is at seat 7 with $65.25.
punxsutawney is at seat 8 with $43.25.
FullGainer271 is at seat 9 with $61.65.
The button is at seat 7.

punxsutawney posts the small blind of $.25.
FullGainer271 posts the big blind of $.50.

RakinBig71: -- --
Vcrtwrght: -- --
upswinggg: -- --
Juurvili: -- --
cpt_omaha: -- --
Puffy Pillow: -- --
BYRDNFLIGHT: -- --
aussie33: -- --
punxsutawney: -- --
FullGainer271: Ac Qs

Pre-flop:

RakinBig71 folds. Vcrtwrght folds. upswinggg folds.
Juurvili folds. cpt_omaha folds. Puffy Pillow
folds. BYRDNFLIGHT folds. aussie33 calls.
punxsutawney calls. FullGainer271 checks.

Flop (board: Ad Qc Tc):

punxsutawney checks. FullGainer271 bets $.50.
aussie33 calls. punxsutawney folds.

Turn (board: Ad Qc Tc Jc):

FullGainer271 bets $.50. aussie33 calls.

River (board: Ad Qc Tc Jc Kc):

FullGainer271 bets $.50. aussie33 calls.

Showdown:

FullGainer271 shows Ac Qs.
FullGainer271 has Ac Qc Tc Jc Kc: royal flush.
aussie33 mucks cards.
(aussie33 has 7c 8c.)


Hand #55258635-84561 Summary:

$.20 is raked from a pot of $4.50.
FullGainer271 wins $4.30 with royal flush.

PS: You'll see I min bet and at the end I min bet the river card, and there's a very good reason. I could see this developing, and at UB, there's Bad Beat Jackpot and if 8888 or better gets beat, the two players in the hand, the players at the table, and to a lesser extent all the players at that level, share in it. It was $133,000 at the time. But the hand must go to a show down. If I raised like all-in and he folded, even if he had the 9c (making a str8 flush 9-K vs. my 10-A royal flush), we'd get nothing. So it was critical he call along the way and not fold. I wanted the JP, not a few extra dollars from the aussie. If he instead had the 9c, I woulda got about $50k. On man....