Naples man wins $150K poker jackpot at greyhound monitor

1:52 P.M. — John Monti, 61, of Naples, won a jackpot worth far more than $150,000 with the Naples-Fort Myers Greyhound Observe.

Monti, a standard with the Bonita Spring’s poker space, received the Major Slick Royal Flush Jackpot on Wednesday, Oct. 20.

To win the jackpot, players need to have a royal flush with the king and ace in their hand.

“It came on the flop,” Monti mentioned Wednesday. “It just happened. I tried to stay as calm as I could till the hand was over.”

But with any big jackpot comes some extremely tense moments.

“After I received, they needed to count all of the cards,” Monti mentioned. “They had to make positive they were playing with a full deck and that all 52 cards had been there.”

Monti explained monitor and poker room officials seemed pleased that he received.

“I think they liked the fact that I’m a typical — that I come here to play a great deal and that I’m not someone who comes in once, wins and then isn’t noticed for three months.”

Monti, a retiree, mentioned he had no immediate plans to spend his winnings.

“It’s not like it was a million bucks,” he said. “It’ll arrive in handy. Perhaps I’ll invest in a auto.”