Royal Flush Blush

From: OPI’s 2003 Las Vegas Collection

            I may have chosen this color so I could show you this scene from the Parent Trap, one of my all time favorite movies. I can recite almost every line. Though I’ve never actually played poker before, I don’t think they played it right either. I pretty sure it is a little more complicated than just dealing five cards and pouring your money into a circle, then again they are only 11.

            Focusing on the nail polish for a second, the color is a light pink that is perfect for spring. It is part of OPI’s permanent collection. Most colors come out as part of a specific collection and then due to popularity get placed into OPI’s permanent collection. Colors not placed into the permanent collection are discontinued, meaning OPI stops making them, rather quickly.

            This colors name obviously comes from the obvious poker connection. After some Googling I’ve come to understand the following (I think). A flush is 5 cards of the same suit; they do not have to be consecutive. A straight flush is 5 cards of the same suit that are consecutive and a royal flush are the 10, jack, queen, king, ace of the same suite. Obviously a royal flush is better than a straight flush, which is better then a flush. The probability of getting a royal flush in spades, which is the highest possible hand that can be dealt to you, as Halley gets in the Parent Trap, is 1 in 2,598,960. So while your chances of every getting a royal flush are slim you can very easily get your finds on some Royal Flush Blush nail polish!