How did you get a handpay of $2049.75 when you got two 5 of a kinds for a $1000 and a 4 of a kind? What was the 4 of a kind at?
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, coachvee@... wrote:
>
> Hi Gang:
> A interesting thing happened to me this past weekend at Harrah's AC and it
> brought up a couple of questions that I hope the folks on these boards can
> clear up.
> I was playing 9/6 DDB at our usual bank of machines near the Total Rewards
> Center when I looked over and saw that the nearby quarter joker poker
> triple-line progressive jackpot had gotten close to $7,400. Since I wasn't
> making much headway playing DDB, I figured I'd throw a benji into the joker
> poker bank to see if I could get lucky.
> I sat down at the end machine on the far right and began to play. I hit a
> straight flush early on to keep me going, then I was dealt four natural
> sixes but the joker was nowhere to be found on the draw.
> I continued playing for another 15 minutes or so when I was again dealt
> four of a kind, this time three fives and the joker. I needed the five of
> hearts to complete the 5K. Hedy had come over to sit next to me by this time,
> so we held hands, I held the four fives and hit the draw button. Eureka! I
> saw the five of hearts hit the bottom line so I threw my hands up in the
> air! A nice $1,000-plus jackpot! But, wait. I looked again and saw that I had
> gotten the same five on the top line as well! My machine locked up and the
> box on the screen said I had hit a jackpot for $2,049.75! Wow! The five of
> hearts on two lines!
> Which brought up the first question. What are the odds of getting the one
> card you need on all three lines?
> And the second question: If I had gotten the five of hearts on all three
> lines -- as unlikely as that seems -- would that have won me the big
> progressive jackpot?
> The sign above says that the jackpot is paid for "five of a kind on all
> three lines." The implication is that it has to be DEALT, but if it is drawn
> on all three lines that seems to fill the qualification as well.
> Anyway, I thought the members of these boards would probably know the
> answers to both these questions. Hedy and I very rarely play joker poker so
> we're not familiar with the rules.
> Thanks in advance for any help on this.
> Regards,
> CoachVee & Hedy
>
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