The number 7 is considered by many to be the luckiest of them all. A Pai Gow Poker player in Nevada may attest to it after hitting a rare 7-card straight flush that won her more than $300,000.
The woman, who did not reveal her name, found her fortune about a 10-mile drive off The Strip, at the Durango Casino & Resort. The casino posted a picture of the winner, with her lucky hand, on their X account.
The lucky gambler’s winning cards were 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, jack and a joker acting as a queen.
When it was all said and done, not only walked away with $322,633 on a $2 Pai Gow Progressive, but she also won an additional $10,000 on the fortune bonus side bet.
What Is Pai Gow Poker?
Pai Gow Poker blends the traditional Chinese game of Pai Gow with modern poker. Legend has it that Sam Torosian invented the game for his Los Angeles card club, The Bell Club in the mid 1980's.
Each player receives seven cards to form two hands: a five-card hand and a two-card hand. To win, both hands must outrank the dealer's corresponding hands.
Pai Gow Poker is played with a traditional deck of 52 cards and one Joker which may be used only as an Ace or to complete a Straight or Flush. As it was in the case of the winning hand at the Durango.
How Do You Get a 7-Card Straight Flush?
In poker, a 7-card straight flush is a hand made up of seven cards in a row, all from the same suit.
When no jokers are involved, the best possible hand includes the ace, king, queen, jack, 10, 9, and 8 of the same suit.
The weakest comes with the 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, and ace.
If you use a joker, the highest-ranked hand remains the same sequence but one card is swapped for a joker. The lowest-ranked hand also follows this pattern, using 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, and ace, with one card replaced by a joker.
In 7-card poker, the odds of getting a straight flush, excluding a royal flush, are very slim at just 0.0279%.
So, you’re saying there’s a chance? That’s all the lucky winner who hit the 7-card straight flush needed, and it paid off in a big way.
