Hit a Royal, Deal a Royal. In that order

Today100°/72°F
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Las Vegas, NV
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Yes, folks, it's that time of the year in Las Vegas. Don't even give me the "but it's a dry heat" bullshit. Actually, 100 IS tolerable. It's the 112-115 days that are simply brutal.
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Been a long time, been a long time, been a long lonely, lonely, lonely time.























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A lot of people had a fit over this marquee. If you look closely at the bottom you will see the word TRIP. This was a tongue-in-cheek advertisement for a promotion at the new Bistro Buffet inside the Palms. Take a pill, people.

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On Tuesday I was fortunate enough to deal a diamond royal flush (with both hole cards playing this pays a jackpot in our room). When high hand jackpot is dealt the dealer must count down the deck and surveillence is notified. They view the hand and verify that there wasn't anything unusual about how the hand played out. This verification takes a minute or so. After they give the OK, we can push the pot but it still may take a little bit for the floor to prepare the payout. With a jackpot over $599 it takes a little longer because there is paperwork involved for the dear folks at the IRS. This jackpot happened to be for $860.

After pushing the pot in this instance and before the jackpot money was delivered, the winner pushed me a stack of blue chips from the pot while stating that he "wasn't done". This could mean anything but I was thinking SWEET. When the jackpot money was delivered he pushed me about $60 more in red and asked "Is that appropriate/is it enough". Are you effing kidding me? You were very generous. Come again, please.

Of course this is not a common occurrance and I believe I may have dealt 7-8 royals in 3.5 years. Sometimes you hit a sweet spot and the player makes your day.

Thank you, Sir!