Party 3 billionth hand promo

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Party had some downtime last night so that may have slowed things down some. Tomorrow's hand should come midafternoon again.

Here is today's:

You have recently requested your transcript of the game number 2960000000.


***** Hand History for Game 2960000000 *****
0/0 Texas Hold'em Game Table (NL) - Mon Oct 31 16:32:47 EST 2005
Table Table 65516 (6 max) (Real Money) -- Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: Torka ( $25.50)
Seat 2: milkbees ( $20.37)
Seat 3: BarbaraBen ( $2.20)
Seat 4: Maluk75 ( $7.20)
Seat 5: erikos2 ( $23.98)
Seat 6: I01010 ( $23.50)
milkbees posts small blind (0.10)
BarbaraBen posts big blind (0.25)
** Dealing down cards **
Maluk75 folds.
erikos2 calls (0.25)
I01010 raises (0.50) to 0.50
Torka folds.
milkbees calls (0.40)
BarbaraBen calls (0.25)
erikos2 calls (0.25)
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 7d, 7s, 6d ]
milkbees checks.
BarbaraBen checks.
erikos2 bets (2)
I01010 calls (2)
milkbees folds.
BarbaraBen calls (1.70)
BarbaraBen is all-In.
Creating Main Pot with $6.75 with BarbaraBen
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 9h ]
erikos2 bets (6)
I01010 calls (6)
** Dealing River ** : [ 3d ]
erikos2 bets (5)
I01010 calls (5)
** Summary **
Main Pot: $6.75 | Side Pot 1: $21.50 | Rake: $1.45
Board: [ 7d 7s 6d 9h 3d ]
Torka balance $25.50, didn't bet (folded)
milkbees balance $19.87, lost $0.50 (folded)
BarbaraBen balance $6.75, bet $2.20, collected $6.75, net +$4.55 [ 9c 9s ] [ a full house, Nines full of sevens -- 9c,9s,9h,7d,7s ]
Maluk75 balance $7.20, didn't bet (folded)
erikos2 balance $10.48, lost $13.50 [ 7c Ad ] [ three of a kind, sevens -- Ad,9h,7c,7d,7s ]
I01010 balance $31.50, bet $13.50, collected $21.50, net +$8 [ 8d 9d ] [ a flush, nine high -- 9d,8d,7d,6d,3d ]


Looks like erikos2 lost about $3000 on that 9 on the turn. Talk about your bad beats. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

Edit: Oops, didn't notice that I01010 had a flush. Kinda would suck if BarbaraBen gets the whole $3750 winner's share since she was all-in for a small amount. Wonder how that actually works. [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

I01010 won the $3750, this was announced in a popup.

I actually disagree with this, as it means that the best hand, the one which won the main pot, did not win the money.

It means that the big stack at the table in no limit could theoretically win the jackpot with Ten high, even if others at the table had quads or a straight flush.

Another amusing thing I noticed, half the players at the table, if not more, clearly failed to notice that they were in the jackpot hand.

A player in no limit could simply go all in before the flop, everyone else would fold, and they'd win $3750 (or whatever) just for noticing which hand they were in.

It seems that the way to go for this jackpot is to play shorthanded no limit tables, as if you do end up in the proper hand, you can go all in and they'll all fold... and if you don't win the jackpot, you still split 50% with the rest of the players, so you want shorthanded instead of full ring to have as few people splitting it with you as possible.

I mentioned something similar in another thread and I totally agree with your thinking. Everyone goes all in and one of the 2 big stacks win I guess.

Things that make ya go "hmmm...."

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> We do understand your concern. However, the promotion is
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> The reason for including the play money players as well is
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Dear Reef,

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We apologize for the previous incorrect response sent to you regarding the 3 billionth hand promotion that play money players are also eligible if the hand is hit at these tables.

We would like to clarify and confirm that Play money players are not eligible for this promotion. This promotion is only for the Real money players and only at the Real money tables.

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