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It was a little past 4 am, and I laid another $300 on the table. The dealer, who hadn’t spoken a word for the past twenty minutes, yelled to her pit boss, “300.” The pit boss looked at the stacks of chips equalling 300 and nodded. With my replenished chip stack, the game was back on.
“If I could hit this seven-card straight flush, I’d be back in business.” I delusionally thought. I was playing Face Up Pai Gow Poker, a casino game with many pushes where you tie the dealer. I knew the odds were terrible for hitting a seven-card straight flush, but I could potentially win $205,000 if I hit it. I have played enough Blackjack, Craps, and Roulette for two lifetimes, so it was fun to try a new game.
You can probably guess, but I never hit my seven-card straight flush. The closest I came was a four-card diamond straight flush which paid a slight bonus because I could complete my flush with a king of diamonds.
I looked up the odds of hitting the seven-card straight flush the following day. It is 1 out of 4+ million. Maybe, it’s a little…
