Three mini-Royals hit in two days at Dania
Three Mini-Royal Flushes were hit in a span of two days at the Dania Jai-Alai Cardroom during Jan. 24 weekend.
It started with Michael Bare winning $374 (10% of the total jackpot) with a hearts Mini Royal on Saturday afternoon, according to the fronton, at 301 E. Dania Beach Blvd. in Dania.
Then, on Sunday two more hit. Joe Marchese collected $858 bonus with a diamond Mini, and Burt Sherman hit another heart Mini Royal Flush for $345.
A Mini Royal Flush only requires the Jack, Queen, King, Ace of a suit instead of all five cards of a normal Royal Flush. The payout is 10 percent of the accumulating Royal Flush Jackpot.
NICK SORTAL began playing 3-card "gut" and "Indian poker" on high school band trips, moved on to "night baseball" and "pass the trash" during a Dr. Pepper-infused midnight game in the 1980s at the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, and now play in a regular neighborhood Hold 'Em game in Plantation. I have been given the assignment of writing about the gambling life in South Florida casinos for the Sun-Sentinel...which means sitting around watching poker on TV now counts as research.
