

This also made it the first time in Borgata’s 15 year history that a $5 bet won a prize of that value. The odds of hitting a five-card Royal Flush in Texas Hold’em are 1 in 649,000 and as per, the chances of hitting a six-card Royal Straight Flush are so rare that one could only hit it once in 20.3 million. On his lucky day, McDowell was dealt a Ten, Queen and Ace of Diamonds, while the dealer’s hand was the Nine, Jack, and King of Diamonds to make a rare six-card Royal Straight Flush of diamonds. Once bets are placed, the player and dealer’s hands are combined to form the best five-card combination from those six cards. The 6-Card Bonus side bet at Borgata casino gives players the chance to win a million dollars with a minimum total wager as small as $5. The game starts with the player placing an initial ante bet and also has the option to place “Pair Plus” and “6-Card Bonus” side bets. In Three Card Poker, players compete against the dealer and both player and dealer are dealt three cards. The lucky man was identified as Harold McDowell, a retired Ringwood public works director and his wife played Three-Card Poker on Saturday afternoon at Atlantic City’s largest casino. His incredible win comes just a day after his wife was diagnosed as cancer-free, according to media reports. On December 22, during the holiday weekend at Borgata, Christmas came early for an 85-year-old retired man from Lakewood, New Jersey after he defied the odds, turning a $5 bet into a huge seven-figure payout. According to the casino, never before in the casino’s 15-year history has an amount of this magnitude been paid for a wager of just $5.

A $1 million jackpot was hit at the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City recently on the Three Card Poker “6 Card Bonus” game.
