This is the moment a professional gambler brought the house down by betting his entire £43,000 poker tournament prize on one spin of the roulette wheel – and won.
Jake Cody scooped a pay-out of £42,670 at the Dusk Till Dawn casino in Nottingham after finishing top of the £2,200 entry high roller event.
But the daredevil poker player decided that this was small fish and headed to the roulette table for a 50-50 chance of doubling his money by betting on black.
Phone footage shows the moment Cody sparked pandemonium by successfully betting on black and bagging £86,000 for one night’s work.
The clip shows the crowd chanting in support of Cody and Dusk Till Dawn owner Rob Yong spinning the ball himself.
The ball fell on Black 22 and absolute bedlam ensued for the poker player from Rochdale, who burst on to the European tournament scene in 2010 with major wins.
The daredevil poker player decided that this was small fish and headed to the roulette table for a 50-50 chance of doubling his money by betting on black
So far in his career, the 29-year-old has won big at the European poker tournament event in Deauville, Normandy where he won almost £750,000. And again in London where he pocketed a cool £273,000.
It’s thought he has so far scooped more than £2.8million in poker prize winnings since dropping out of university in 2010 to pursue gambling.
This isn’t the first time a British gambler has risked it all on one spin of the wheel.
So far in his career, the 29-year-old has won big at the European poker tournament event in Deauville, Normandy where he won almost £750,000. And again in London where he pocketed a cool £273,000
In 2010, poker player Ashley Revell, from Maidstone in Kent, sold everything he owned including his home and clothes and gambled £76,840 all on red.
Thankfully, his risk at the Plaza Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas came in and he doubled his money to £153,680.
Revell spent his winnings on a poker business and a motorbike to travel across Europe on – where he ended up meeting his future wife.