A very interesting hand was played out the other day at PokerStars when the Swedish poker pro Joel "Odonkor1" Nordkvist flopped a royal flush in an all in situation against his opponent Ashton "theASHMAN103" Griffin and took down a pot of nearly $40,000! The chance of getting a royal flush in Texas Holdem is 1 in 649,740, so you can probably figure out how great the feeling must be to take down such a big pot with this kind of hand!
Here is how the hand was played out:
PokerStars Game #46879706754: Hold'em No Limit ($100/$200 USD) - 2010/07/17 5:59:54 ET
Table 'Agrius' 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Odonkor1 ($72178 in chips)
Seat 4: theASHMAN103 ($19228 in chips)
Odonkor1: posts small blind $100
theASHMAN103: posts big blind $200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Odonkor1: raises $400 to $600
theASHMAN103: raises $1450 to $2050
Odonkor1: raises $2350 to $4400
theASHMAN103: raises $14828 to $19228 and is all-in
Odonkor1: calls $14828
*** FLOP *** Jd Td Qd
*** TURN *** Jd Td Qd 3d
*** RIVER *** Jd Td Qd 3d 5h
*** SHOW DOWN ***
theASHMAN103: shows Qh Qs (three of a kind, Queens)
Odonkor1: shows Ad Kd (a Royal Flush)
Odonkor1 collected $38454 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $38456 | Rake $2
Board Jd Td Qd 3d 5h
Seat 1: Odonkor1 (button) (small blind) showed Ad Kd and won ($38454) with a Royal Flush
LOL
