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The opening of the poker tables Sunday followed the opening of craps tables on Dec. 1 and roulette on Dec. 17. Tables for Let it Ride and three-card poker will open Feb. 1.
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An ordered royal flush like the one required to win the Mega poker jackpot should occur once in every 120 regular royal flushes, which Is about once In every 4,800,000 hands. If you discarded everything and went for the ordered royal every hand, you could reduce the odds to one in 2,537,625. However, you would have to throw away 4-of-a-kinds and full houses to reach those odds, which is not recommended The only time you would have a reason to change the way you play would be when the jackpot exceeded $60,000, and then it would only mean keeping the Ace and Ten of the same suit if they were dealt in the correct positions and discarding the three middle cards.
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Wilde Cards - 'Wilde cards' were those most used in the early days of poker; ... they were outlawed due to their persistent reckless behavior. Players tired of being thrown from their chairs and in time, thanks to dedicated breeding, domesticated 'tame cards' became the norm.
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