Finally! How Long Did It Take This Poker Player to Hit a Royal Flush?
Kevin Martin loves a good challenge. The poker player, streamer, and content creator has spent years keeping audiences entertained with wild bankroll challenges, reality TV stints, and, most recently, stumbling across $35,000 in Bitcoin stuffed in a sock drawer.
But his latest mission? Chasing down the rarest hand in poker, a Royal Flush.
How Long Did It Take?
The plan was simple, at least at the start. On Day 1, he gave himself one shot. Day 2, two shots. Day 3, three shots.
The deeper he went, the more ridiculous it became. But after each failure, Martin refused to quit. He kept grinding, hand after hand, waiting for the cards to finally break his way.
For 99 days, he chased it. He played 4,908 boards, used 49,080 cards, endured countless close calls, and more heartbreak than he cared to admit. But on that final attempt, it happened. Five perfect cards. A Royal Flush.
The odds? About 1 in 649,740 in a five-card deal. Some players go their whole lives without ever seeing one. But Martin stuck with it, putting in the hours, the effort, and probably a bit of suffering, to make it happen.
And when it did? Pure joy. All that time, all those hands, all those almosts. All worth it for that one perfect moment.
But Martin hasn't just made it about himself. As part of the challenge, he also set up a cash giveaway for his loyal fans. He started with 117,000 subscribers and put $117 into the prize pool each day, increasing the amount every time he crossed another thousand subscribers. By the end of the challenge, the total giveaway prize had grown to nearly $12,000.
Soon, he’ll pick 20 subscribers to play a fun poker or luck-based game for the final prize of $11,959.
