[Howard Beale]

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Do you ever wish those players who play two hands an hour and spend the rest of the time somewhere else would go get screwed? I do. Here is an interesting story along those lines.

The jackpot was hit around 12:30 pm today. I was playing an hour later and was told that the winner took his money in cash home in a garbage bag ( apparently cash winnings in garbage bags are immune to IRS audits).

Not sure how true that tale was but my dealer told a better one, that the table was eight handed, but one of the players was away from his seat for 20 minutes (playing slots) when it hit, so the table share was only five ways, close to $8k each. When said player returned and found out he wasn't included, apparently said player was quite upset.

FYI, they announced at 3:30 pm that only 40 seats remain for tomorrows tourney. I signed up so there is max only 39 seats remaining.

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Good story. Many players don't know you can only be gone for 10 minutes to qualify for the JP (20 minutes minimum to get 'picked up').

My favorite JP story is from last summer's $500,000 BBJ promotion. It was hit on a 3-6 table. The woman who won the small end ($125,000) was still playing at the table 3 hours later. I guess there wasn't a 4-8 seat available in all that time in case she wanted to play a little higher.

GL to you in the tourney. I don't play them because I couldn't win even if I had x-ray vision.