Surprise, Surprise

[Kurn]

I keep very detailed records. I think it's safe to say that at any given time, I know how much I have in each of my online accounts, not to the penny, but within $20 or so.

So this morning I'm playing for a half hour before leaving for work, and I open up Pokerroom, and my balance looks very wrong, but wrong in the right direction. I start playing, open up my online poker diary to make sure I didn't just forget a winning session or two, but no, my memory was correct, there's about $200 more in my account than my records say should be there.

So I play a while more and open up my aol mail and to see if I cleared some unknown bonus, and there's the e-mail from Pokerroom. Seems one day last week I won a hand with a Royal, and Pokerroom pays $200 for a Royal. Who knew?

I'll bet the jacket they give you at Foxwoods isn't worth $200.

[GeoffM]

Not bad, now if only I could catch a royal.

[Kurn]

I've been playing regularly online for more than 3 years and didn't catch one until a few weeks ago. This makes 2 in less than 2 months. I think I need to go out on the links and see if I can catch a hole-in-one.

[GeoffM]

I've caught a few queen and king highs, and this is playing O8, where the odds are probably a bit higher, but am still seeking my first royal.

[Talking Poker]

I went a year and a half of regular online play without hitting a royal. I was at a home game, saying how I had never hit one, etc. The next day, I hit my first. three days later, another... meaning at the home game the next week, I had hit two since our Royal Flush conversation one week earlier.

Haven't hit once since.

[BlibbityBlabbity]

Apparently PokerRoom is where you want to catch them though.

Sweet surprise indeed!

[BrianSwa]

Dear Brian,

Congratulations on getting a great hand.

We’re pleased to inform you that your Poker account has
been credited with $33.33
in respect of your Top Hand of the Day Bonus.

Now that you've seen how good the cards can get, why don't you enter
some of our exciting tournaments? We offer a wide range of daily, weekly
and monthly buy-in tournaments, with cash prize pools of up to $25,000!

See you at the tables and good luck!

Edward Spencer
Manager




Top Hand of the Day - June 17, 2005

Player: BTstorm
Game code: 96198551 Name: .5/1 LIMITTURBO
Room: "TURBO" Pleasanton (6 max) Royal Flush
A-K-Q-J-10 Spades

Player: toddl1
Game code: 95624601 Name: 1c/2c NL
Room: Ascot Royal Flush
A-K-Q-J-10 Spades

Player: SkyRacer
Game code: 95592281 Name: 5c/10c No Limit
Room: Newmarket Royal Flush
A-K-Q-J-10 Diamonds

[BlibbityBlabbity]

Nice hand....and nice marketing in your congrts email...

BTW, you should probably edit out that acct# out of your original post before you answer this, but what site was this on?

[BrianSwa]

noble poker.