PokerStars' Spin and go

[fletchdad]

For a $1 game, the rake might be $0.07, but if the prizepool is $2, you still make a $1 profit.

Point!.
Thanks, that is right. I miscalculated.

BUT: investing 1 to win 2 vs 3...

Still bad math. Specially in a turbo, where skill counts for less......


Having said that,
this shitty game is great when u r drunk, your wife is saying "COME TO BED" and you are bound and determined to play just ONE MORE...................

 

[moots]

Point!.
Thanks, that is right. I miscalculated.

BUT: investing 1 to win 2 vs 3...

Still bad math. Specially in a turbo, where skill counts for less......

But you can win up to $3000 for just $1

Usually you get $2, but occasionally I've gotten the $4 and $6, and once a $10.

 

[fletchdad]

But you can win up to $3000 for just $1

Usually you get $2, but occasionally I've gotten the $4 and $6, and once a $10.

Another point.

BUT: "up to" is paramount in this game.....

 

[scorpion1367]

Three players play a dollar to play , they pay out two dollars are they not keeping a dollar in rake???.....scorp

 

[moots]

Three players play a dollar to play , they pay out two dollars are they not keeping a dollar in rake???.....scorp

It goes to the bigger jackpot prize pools or at least I think it does.

 

[vinylspiros]

i personally think they are not all that bad and they are literally full of fish.

 

[fletchdad]

The problem is it is a hyper-turbo. It will come down to a coin flip a lot. Just the nature of the game. There is an edge to be had, but harder to hold in this structure.

 

[gonici]

i played 50 spin and go and always. 2$ i dont understend.. i se table with 750$... i dont belive this.. i stop playing this .. bullshit...

 

[vinylspiros]

i played 50 spin and go and always. 2$ i dont understend.. i se table with 750$... i dont belive this.. i stop playing this .. bullshit...

not even one 4 $ table?

 

[badalhoco345]

I think that is a good way to loose Money. We play a lot of them (we lose the majority of them) and more than 95% the price is allways the minimum.

 

[TomLeach]

My general motto is not to wise up people at the table, but i guess i can make an exception for you guys...

Firstly, as said above, the rake is irrelevant: You pay 1$, and two others pay 1$ each, 3$. Stars takes their 21c rake, and there is 2.79 left, 2$ goes into the (immediate) prize pool and the extra 79c goes into a sort of reservoir, this money is used to fund the jackpots etc... I cant remember the exact % but an absolutely massive majority of them are 2$. Which means youre looking at a 200% ROI most of the time (EDIT: So 33% of the time you get 200% = 66%), open up two tables, and you win one, you break even. All you need to do is have a slight edge on your competitors (really, really not hard) and you play until you hit a jackpot, and there is your profit. You probably arent going to be able to grind out a profit without hitting a jackpot (i consider anything above x6 a jackpot btw)

In conclusion, i enjoy these because i find them relatively easy to beat.

 

[AbraxXo]

I realy like the spins , but if u play it, u have to exapt the fact that the varianz is very high and its more gamble than poker so my result: for fun its a good thing but for making money stop plaing that crap

 

[rogerdelpk]

i've read on several forums that spin and gos are basically a roulette.............and with the rake increase is less and less profitable

 

[onebourbon]

Poker Stars and Fulltilt Spin&go's

Jeeesh....

I've played the "Spin & Go" on both Stars and FT - about 20 times on each at various amounts. Only once did it spin above the prize pool.
The others - they stole the money.

For instance..3 players @ $3 each - normally $9 - it always spins to $6

Never play these!

(mind you I did win 75% of the time - but only out of frustration...lol)

Cheers

 

[mads2206]

it pretty normal to hit *2 of ur BI here is the payout spin struckture for 3$ on stars
Prize Pool Multiplier $3 Spin & Go
First-Place Prize $7 Spin & Go
First Place Prize Probability of Winning
3,600 $9,000 $21,000 1 of 100,000
240 $600 $1,400 5 of 100,000
120 $300 $700 10 of 100,000
25 $75 $175 100 of 100,000
10 $30 $70 500 of 100,000
6 $18 $42 7,500 of 100,000
4 $12 $28 19,866 of 100,000
2 $6 $14 72,018 of 100,000

 

[mads2206]

okay that looks pretty mest up.. for better view off it go here
http://www.pokerstars.dk/en/poker/spin-and-go/
hopefully you will hit and win one of thhe big ones soon!

 

[TomLeach]

Thanks Mads, was about to post that, they also made a bigger jackpot recently i think. Playing 20 of these is nowhere near enough.. poker is about the long run, not the short run.

 

[mapt02h]

Thanks Mads, was about to post that, they also made a bigger jackpot recently i think. Playing 20 of these is nowhere near enough.. poker is about the long run, not the short run.

even a 1k sample in these is nothing. Stuff like losing 20x multis when you're ahead AI pre heads-up really hurts your winrate.

 

[TomLeach]

Precisely, ive seen graphs where people go up and down 100s of BIs...

 

[Extreme Fishing]

I won €1000 off of €1 on winamax equivalent

 

[magicius]

I won €1000 off of €1 on winamax equivalent

It says pokerstars spin and go,not twister,spin and go and similar sngs...

 

[kolecgoclaw]

what are you talking about. ps my best lottery I guess, if I remember $ 150. I often get $ 6 and $ 4. if you can play it, you can win.
(that wins are examples of the buy in $1)

 

[veltins]

this spin n goes is not poker . but actually same like Slot machines. rem if we Play Slot macines there s all the time some Jackpot on top which once in a Million time someone hit. so no it is not poker but completely gambling

 

[TomLeach]

All the people saying its not poker anymore... So, when youre playing a Turbo MTT with 350runners, and youre down to the final table, and fourth place goes out, three of you left, your stacks are 65BB, 50BB and 35BB, Is that not poker either?

Stop whining just because you dont understand the concept of how to beat these things, but please keep playing because its you that makes them beatable.

 

[mads2206]

have any1 in here hitted someting BIG? like 1000$+ in one off these spins? my best one was a 1$ *10 witch i won. it gotta be a nice feeling to hit the 90000$ or what it is and win it in like 10 min