 PokerStars launched an new, fast-paced poker format called Spin & Go, which gives players of all levels the chance to win up to $30,000 if they are a bit lucky.
The game has been a big hit with Spanish, Italian and French players, having been launched in these segregated markets earlier in the year, and now it’s being rolled out to players from across the world on PokerStars.com.
Spin & Go takes the form of a three-handed hyper-turbo Sit & Go tournament (500 chips, 3-minute levels) that begins with players selecting a $1, $3, $7, $15 or $30 game from a lobby screen. Once three players are registered to a game, they watch the spinning numbers on screen to see how much the prize pool for that game will be worth – anywhere from 2x the buy-in to 1000x the buy-in.
For the launch, the available buy-in levels – and potential jackpot prize pools – are as follows:
Buy-in / Jackpot prize
$1 Buy-in $1,000 Jackpot prize
$3 Buy-in $3,000 Jackpot prize
$7 Buy-in $7,000 Jackpot prize
$15 Buy-in $15,000 Jackpot prize
$30 Buy-in $30,000 Jackpot prize
If the highest jackpot prize occurs in the top three tiers of buy-ins, second and third place each get 10% of the prize pool on top, meaning the overall prize pools will be $8,400, $18,000, and $36,000 respectively
Within each different buy-in level there are eight possible different multipliers that will determine the prize pool, as follows: 2x, 4x, 6x, 10x, 25x, 100x, 200x, and 1000x. The probability of each prize pool occurring varies slightly depending on the buy-in level, and can be viewed in full here: http://psta.rs/1qtubZK.
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