November 4
In Arizona, at the
Pima-Maricopa Indian reservation, a record breaking
poker pot was won. Online poker players are
astounded at how easy it was to win, too.
Online gambling players are
learning that the $250,000 October 31 jackpot was
won on a low hand as well. Poker player Tim
Armstrong, won the biggest bad beat poker
jackpot in Arizona history at Casino Arizona at
Talking Stick.
Armstrong walked away with an
extra Halloween treat if you will. He won it playing
the casino's Stud and Holdem Super Bad Beat tourney.
The other 8 poker players at the table shared the
remaining $256,000, making this $506,000 jackpot the
largest poker jackpot during a promotion ever
awarded in Arizona, and possibly the largest in the
world paid by a Native American casino.
A regular poker player at
Casino Arizona Armstrong, 45, moved from California
two years ago when he was laid off from a hi-tech
job. With a $100 buy-in and strategic play, he won
the jackpot; actually he lost the hand, which meant
that he would walk home with the top award of
$250,000. The woman with the better hand walked away
with $125,000, while the remaining seven players
shared the rest of the jackpot.
Both poker players had a straight
flush. The better hand was a royal flush in
diamonds. Armstrong, the winner of the jackpot, held
the eight and nine of diamonds. Online gambling fans
are impressed with this.