Spin N Goes on Stars?

Tcarnage

Soo it killed the hyper action for HU today a bit, I decided to try them out..

Biggest prize I got was $180 I know a bunch of guys got the $300 though...

I honestly don't think it will be beatable in a couple days/weeks though way to many regs will jump into them..

Seems pretty easy, there was lots of higher stakes regs trying them out as well..

T8urmoney

thanks for posting, didn't hear of this promo

Played 16 $7 ones, 12 had a prize pool of $14, 3 $28, and one $42......so I was down $39 in prize pool money before any cards came.....finished -$14

trigs

i didn't hear about this one either. i may give it a try. i've been playing some 6 max hypers lately.

so i'm assuming that every time you only win double the buy-in, the rest of the money goes into the "pool" where it accumulates and then goes for the payouts of the larger spins. interesting idea.

UBetIFold

FTP has the same thing. They've had it for a while now.

T8urmoney

the worst is rolling in 4 at a time, and they all come up short ($14 prize pools in a $7 b/i)

trigs

okay, these are pretty fun. will be tilting like mad if i finally hit a big multiplier and get sucked out on though

Startles

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actyper

This sounds awesome, didn't get any email about it. Gonna try it out tonight

piggypie123

I tried the $1 ones yesterday.
10 games:
7-$2 prize pool
2-$4 prize pool
1-$10 prize pool

-$5 when I was done, so I probably won't play this that much.

trigs

played my first four at the $3 level and got 2 $6, 1 $18, and 1 $30. obviously i went 2 for 4 and won the two $6 ones. fired up 4 more and got 4 $6. at least i won 3 of 4 though.

pretty sure these are the same starting stack and blinds structure as the regular 6 max hypers so it does feel like there is a decent amount of play in them (relatively speaking) when you're starting with only 3 players.

it also seems like a lot of people are just treating them like a flip from the beginning with opponents shoving 20+ BBs preflop at any time. pretty easy to exploit it seems.

Hobbes

Pretty sure you are generally just punting $ away.

GTA Poker

so, is this just taking the overall prizepool and randomly assigning 50%-150% to the total and then playing? Is there any way of tracking that all the monies enter one prizepool or another?

trigs

Hobbes;382787 wrotePretty sure you are generally just punting $ away.

probably. but's that what most of us do with poker money anyway :P

GTA Poker;382793 wroteso, is this just taking the overall prizepool and randomly assigning 50%-150% to the total and then playing? Is there any way of tracking that all the monies enter one prizepool or another?

basically, the vast majority of tables will give away double the buy-in. therefore, the money is coming from the third person's buy-in which is put into the "pool" and used for the random games where the payout is larger than 3 times the buy-in.

this was my concern as well because i couldn't find anywhere describing what they do with the money or how long it sits in the "pool".

GTA Poker

trigs;382799 wroteprobably. but's that what most of us do with poker money anyway :P

basically, the vast majority of tables will give away double the buy-in. therefore, the money is coming from the third person's buy-in which is put into the "pool" and used for the random games where the payout is larger than 3 times the buy-in.

this was my concern as well because i couldn't find anywhere describing what they do with the money or how long it sits in the "pool".

so, it states that you are playing for more than your BI on average? is it just a promo thing then?

Tcarnage

GTA Poker;382827 wroteso, it states that you are playing for more than your BI on average? is it just a promo thing then?

It's here to stay as far as I know..

You can find odds of hitting prizes here..

Spin & Go - Fast Real Money 3-Handed Sit & Go Poker Games

I've realized that you get more fish if u just register 1 at a time since a lot of the regs are registering all 4 at once..

anyways updated graph with only the $30s.. I haven't hit higher than $180 still but I'm happy winning the 120s and 180s

Also found a lot of the regs are playing way to tight or way to aggressive, saw a "reg" 3bet call 25bb shove with 97o tonight.. I guess i shouldn't really be calling him a reg, but had a bunch of them open...

trigs

GTA Poker;382827 wroteso, it states that you are playing for more than your BI on average? is it just a promo thing then?

no. it is a 3 max SNG. so, for example, at the $3 level * 3 players = $9 into the prize pool. however, the majority of tables that you play will have multipliers of only 2x the buy-in (i.e. $6) so the remaining $3 goes into the "pool". all those $3 buy-ins get collected and used for the less random larger multipliers.

EDIT: now if that money stays in a "pool" for just the $3 buy-in level, or if they are all combined into a larger "pool" for the entire spin n go promotion, idk. i'd also imagine that it would depend on how many people are playing as well. if no one is playing them, i'd think that the chances of hitting a big multiplier would have to drop. maybe i'm wrong though.

BlondeFish

I agree with Hobbes, Tcarnage, and with whatever Startles' "derail" was. ;) It turns the skill that you used to win the game into 100%-luck Lotto 6/49.

Spanish Players Protest PokerStars' "Spin & Go"

Pokerfuse has explained before that the “industry standard” of 7% rake for a hyperturbo is virtuablly unbeatable, which is what PokerStars' $1 Spin & Go charges. Just like with the horrible bad beat jackpot, flipaments, and other luck-based poker mutations, if it attracts enough bad gamboolers, some skilled players may join in hoping for more :fish:.

PokerStars has previously warned that a drop in other game formats can be expected: A 15% cannibalization of other formats has been observed when rolled out in dot-country markets. A noticeable drop-off in heads-up SNG and single-table tournament traffic may be expected. :-\

Hobbes;382787 wrotePretty sure you are generally just punting $ away.

Tcarnage;382669 wroteI honestly don't think it will be beatable in a couple days/weeks though way to many regs will jump into them.

Startles;382697 wrotedel

GTA Poker

Did anyone bother to calculate if the odds are equal to the BIs for each level? I can't be bothered as I don't play these/Stars

trigs

i'm no blinds structure/rake pro, but imho these are not equivalent to "flip" SNGs. there is some play here and there is some skill involved.

BlondeFish

Correct, if the rake is not high, then it's possible to have enough skills edge against the competition in both online and live hyperturbos (e.g., WPT Fallsview, CNE Casino) to beat them. The big problem is the Lotto 6/49 prize pool. Just to give one example, actyper and I can be skilled enough to be in the winning pool, but since I have horseshoes up the wazoo, :p I will unfairly win the lottery jackpot more than him.

trigs;382860 wrotei'm no blinds structure/rake pro, but imho these are not equivalent to "flip" SNGs. there is some play here and there is some skill involved.