The ANZPT Main Event has well and actually stolen the eye here at Crown Melbourne this week, but something else that's been the cause for commotion is the money game royal flush jackpot.

The jackpot payout increases with every hand played and to win it a player must flop a royal flush. It can be an extended shot but that just means the jackpot can creep as much as huge amounts of money, and with what number of hands that players see within the poker room, the jackpot is rarely that distant from going off.

That's exactly what we came upon this week.

As the players usually Event chased the $261,200 top prize, the money game players around the floor were also after a large chunk of change themselves. The jackpot had recently ticked over the $70,000 mark and each player on the cash tables had a possibility of taking it home.

The one that ultimately did though was Mark Woodhouse after he flopped a royal flush holding J♣T♣. He was on a $1/3 table where the utmost buy-in is $200 yet walked away with $73,680 in his pocket.

With the jackpot rolling back it was expected to be some time before someone would win it again. That was until only 14 hours later when Geoffrey McLachlan was capable of snatch a five-figure payday.

"Would you believe..........JACKPOT!!!!! Just 14 hours after Mark W. collected over $73K, Geoffrey McLachlan from Queensland just flopped a Royal Flush and scored $16,353. Geoffrey declined a photo, however he's now signing autographs on the Vegas Bar!!" came the Facebook status from the Crown Poker page this afternoon.

Before these two both won the jackpot throughout the same 24-hour period, it was only nine days prior that the most important bonus up to now was awarded. Crown Poker regular Vincent 'Wonky' Wan turned his royal flush right into a monstrous $104,564!

After all of the recent payouts the jackpot has rolled back and now sits at around $3,000 - but with the poker site bustling and Crown announcing they're running the jackpot indefinitely - we're sure it'll climb to a different huge sum soon.

While the money players around the room try their luck at winning the jackpot, for the rest 18 players within the ANZPT Melbourne Main Event it's back to the action. Stick with us as we follow the exciting conclusion to Day 3!

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