{"id":121620,"date":"2021-05-18T09:11:35","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T16:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/gambling-with-an-edge\/?p=121620"},"modified":"2021-05-18T09:11:41","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T16:11:41","slug":"sequential-royal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/gambling-with-an-edge\/sequential-royal\/","title":{"rendered":"Sequential Royal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I recently hit a sequential royal flush. I was seated near a husband and wife who were playing for lower stakes than I was. The man especially was in full mumble about how bad his luck was that day. (Complainers are common among video poker players. I\u2019m sure you\u2019ve sat next to a guy just like this.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We had not shared a word with each other before the royal, but they both congratulated me on it. I said, \u201cYes, a sequential royal is pretty rare.\u201d He hadn\u2019t noticed it was sequential before I mentioned it, and then he told me what bad luck it was that the game didn\u2019t pay extra for sequentials.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t consider an $8,000 royal to be bad luck. And even if sometime in the future I am playing on a machine with a sequential royal bonus, which I almost never do, today\u2019s royal has nothing to do with the odds of me hitting another one on a different machine.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He told me he had only hit one sequential in his life. I commented that I had hit quite a few, and in fact didn\u2019t even know how to do an accurate count.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He looked at me and said that sequentials are so rare that nobody has hit quite a few. And counting them wouldn\u2019t be difficult. Even an idiot could do it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cReally?\u201d I responded. \u201cActually, I\u2019ve played a lot of Fifty Play and Hundred Play and the cards are so small I usually don\u2019t even check to see if they are sequential. And, in fact, one time I was dealt a sequential royal on a nickel Hundred Play machine for $20,000. Does that count for one sequential or 100?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He backtracked quickly. \u201cI wasn\u2019t considering multi-line games. And yes, I can see that with multi-line games in the equation, it\u2019s possible to hit a lot of them. And, wow, $20,000! That\u2019s pretty cool!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThank you,\u201d I said. \u201cNot bad for an idiot, huh?\u201d<\/p>\n<a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-follow synved-social-size-48 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Follow us on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lasvegasadvisor\" style=\"font-size: 0px; width:48px;height:48px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px;\"><img alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Follow us on Facebook\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-follow\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" style=\"display: inline; width:48px;height:48px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none; box-shadow: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/gambling-with-an-edge\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/96x96\/facebook.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-follow synved-social-size-48 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-twitter nolightbox\" data-provider=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Follow us on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LVA_Tweet\" style=\"font-size: 0px; width:48px;height:48px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px;\"><img alt=\"twitter\" title=\"Follow us on Twitter\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-follow\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" style=\"display: inline; width:48px;height:48px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none; box-shadow: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/gambling-with-an-edge\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/96x96\/twitter.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-follow synved-social-size-48 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-youtube nolightbox\" data-provider=\"youtube\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Find us on YouTube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/LasVegasAdvisorSHOW\" style=\"font-size: 0px; width:48px;height:48px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px;\"><img alt=\"youtube\" title=\"Find us on YouTube\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-follow\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" style=\"display: inline; width:48px;height:48px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none; box-shadow: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/gambling-with-an-edge\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/96x96\/youtube.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-follow synved-social-size-48 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-instagram nolightbox\" data-provider=\"instagram\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Check out our instagram feed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lasvegasadvisor\" style=\"font-size: 0px; width:48px;height:48px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;\"><img alt=\"instagram\" title=\"Check out our instagram feed\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-follow\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" style=\"display: inline; width:48px;height:48px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none; box-shadow: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/gambling-with-an-edge\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/96x96\/instagram.png\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently hit a sequential royal flush. 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