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You're at a table (Ultimate Texas Hold 'em) and two people hit any progressive jackpot (royal or straight flush). How do the payouts work? The first hand gets the full amount, the second hand the reset? Or you both split it? Or you both get the full amount? Or does it depend on if you're on the left or right of someone?
[Editor's Note: We went to Michael "Wizard of Odds" Shackleford for his take on this question. He agreed with our initial impression, which you can read below.]
My understanding is, since the dealer adjudicates the hands from left to right (from the player's perspective), the first hand to qualify for a progressive jackpot is paid the full amount. Then the jackpot resets to the seed value and the next qualifying hand wins the reset amount, even if it's sitting right next to the first jackpot winner.
That being the case, the odds are a little better for players on the left side of the table.