Christmas came early for a lucky one New Jersey female poker player and her dealers in a Atlantic City casino. Earlier this week, the monmouth county woman won a progressive poker table you win mega jackpot in Harrah’s Resort Atlantic City that earned him $1,681,458 from a $5 bet.
The woman, whom casino officials identified as a “lifelong customer” of the caesar entertainment-operated by the casino, was apparently in the holiday spirit when he tipped his dealers $77,000, according to NJ.com, which first reported the heartwarming story.
The five-figure cut for dealers accounted for 4.6% of the total prize pool, not bad advice that came just in time for the holiday season. Meanwhile, the lucky winner can go Christmas shopping comfortably after seeing a 33,629,060% return on her $5 investment.
Fittingly, several poker players debated earlier this year about how much to tip pros should give dealers after a controversial tweet from a poker blogger. Lex Ozias (@LexOpoker1). PokerNews wrote about that debate, which you can read about here.
Lots of great prize pools this year
The $1.7 million jackpot in Atlantic City was big, but there has been no shortage of big prizes in 2022.
In August, West Virginia Benjamin Flanagan lost a hand with four aces against a royal flush in rivers casino in Pittsburgh to win the poker room’s $1.2 million bad beat jackpot, the biggest bad beat jackpot in US live poker history.
Bad Beat Jackpot at Rivers Casino Pittsburgh
In June, a record $2.2 million jackpot hit Playground poker club in Canada when a player lost with quadruple tens to win approximately $845,000.
In January, GGPoker paid out the largest Omaha Bad Beat jackpot of $593,177 ever Ibai Delgado taking the lion’s share worth $366,159.
Read about five bad beat jackpots you won’t believe
Looking to play online poker in New Jersey? check this out helpful PokerNews guide with information on all the sites available in the state.
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