While in Las Vegas last week on a business trip I played a bit of Ultimate Texas Hold'em. I have to say it's fast becoming one of my favourite table games.

They don't happen often, but I witnessed two Royal Flushes on different days at different casinos.

Fortunately the croupier allowed me to take a couple of pics of the first one as long as I didn't show any people.

What amazes me is that the dealer gets the straight flush while the player got the Royal. What are the odds of that!!

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Closest I got to a big hand was one card away from a Royal and one away from a straight flush. What could have been!