Actor and comedian Ray Romano witnessed one of the most unlikely World Series of Poker hands of all time at the 2008 main event, when one player at his table with a massive hand was eliminated by the best hand in poker.

Japanese pro Motoyuki Mabuchi saw his pocket aces become four of a kind on the river, and he splashed his chips across the felt to go all-in, absolutely sure that he had the best hand.

Quad Aces Vs Royal Flush

Wsop Quad Aces Vs Royal Flush

Phillips, however, was holding the perfect cards. The Ace of diamonds that gave Mabuchi his quads also completed Phillips’ royal flush. That’s a brutal way to exit the tournament.

Check out this intense hand between Dan Colman and Christoph Vogelsang at the PokerStars Championship Bahamas. What would you have done in this situation? Lets assume quad aces. The board is the easy part Need exactly 4 cards - two remaining aces and the 2 left for the royal flush One random from the remaining 44. 4c4. 44c1 / 48c5 = 0.00002570 = 0.00002570 = 38915: 1. Those two starting hands are almost as hard as have to be in specific hands. For just two hands aces 4/52. 3/51 = 0.00452489.

It’s likely that we’ll never see another hand like this. Considering that the odds of any four of a kind are 1-in-4,164 and the odds of a royal flush are 1-in-649,739, the odds of both hands facing off in a showdown are an astronomical 1-in-2.7 billion.

This is a discussion on AAAA vs royal flush within the online poker forums, in the General Poker section; YouTube - Royal Flush vs Quad Aces - World Series of Poker - WSOP 2008. Just considering the probability of having a royal flush and quad aces among 5 cards in the center and N hands of 2 cards each, there are three ways it can happen: The following all need to happen simultaneously: The center has three cards of a royal flush (including the ace) as well as another ace.