Has anyone ever hit a royal flush during the World Series of Poker?
In a stunning statistical improbability, Justin Phillips knocked out Motoyuki Mabuchi in the Main Event. Phillips held a royal flush, while Mabuchi held quad aces. One of the broadcasters, Lon McEachern, mentioned on air that the chances of such a showdown occurring were 1:2.7 billion.
against Motoyuki Mabuchi's quad aces, a stunning hand with 1:2.7 billion odds. More recently, Vasu Amarapu achieved two royal flushes within four hands at the 2023 WSOP.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vVfRud9w71I
2024 Main Event: A Royal Flush was recorded on Day 7.
In the first one, Daniel Kyosev moved all in with A
♦
Q
♦
for 950,000 — just under four big blinds — in early position and the much bigger-stacked Garrett Bok called in the hijack with 7
♠
7
♣
.
The flop would come out K
♦
J
♦
8
♥
, giving the small stack a Royal Flush draw. When the 10
♦
appeared on the turn, it would complete the draw and give Kyosev a double and new life. Shortly after, however, he'd bow out in 50th place out of a record-setting 10,112 players for $200,000.
YOu can see the (lack of) excit=ement over this hand here in a brief video on PokerNew:
https://www.pokernews.com/news/2024/07/royal-flush-at-wsop-main-event-46551.htm
