Online Poker Site Pays $20K Jackpot

By Steve Vaughan on Sep 11, 2007 with Comments 0

A $.20 bet turned into $20,318.75 for a Limburg, Belgium woman at Carbon Poker. The online poker site announced today that Yvetje won the jackpot was one on their site on Sept. 2, 2007 playing Caribbean Stud poker.

Carbon PokerÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s Media Manager Shane Bridges said, “Caribbean Stud is one of the latest additions to our software, and to have the top prize go off really shows you that anyone can have huge win. We introduced jackpots to add the excitement of huge instant wins to our poker experience, and what could be more exciting than a player taking down the entire jackpot so quickly!”

Playing at Carbon PokerÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s $1 minimum Caribbean Stud Poker table, Yvetje played the $1 ante and placed her jackpot bet of $.20 as was dealt a royal flush in spades. The dealer did not qualify so her ante paid her 1-1 but the $.20 jackpot bet paid her a whopping $20, 318.75.

“Knowing this jackpot went to a player thats been with us for such a long time, and loves playing all forms of poker with us, really makes this a special win. But at the same time, anyone can take down a jackpot, you don’t need to be the next poker star to win big at our Caribbean Stud tables, Yvetje has proved that,” Bridges added.