Stella Kowalchuk was one of the eight people to hit a royal flush at a Texas Holdem contest organized by Edmonton Sun. The prize is 5,000 dollars to split among the winners. 59-year-old Sun reader, Stella, said that at first she could not believe it and thought she had just made it all up in her mind. Then, when she realized it was true, she called her husband who could not even recognize her on the phone.
Another winner, Dale Harrold, 43, joked that the prize came just in time for the amount of expenses and debts he had. Mona Allen, 71, said that she spent hours trying to believe she had won before calling anyone.
This Texas Holdem contest is just one of the many contest organized by the Sun, which announced a great amount of special offers for its readers recently.