Spin and Go at Pokerstars: multipliers, probabilities, structure

Author

Vargoso

Published

3/29/2023

Updated

3/29/2023

Spin and Go were launched on Pokerstars in 2014, a massive success since the first day. In 2023 spins are one of the most popular types of poker, available in every big poker site with slight differences. In this article, we will check all the features of Spin & Go at PokerStars.

Types of Spin & Go at Pokerstars

There are several Spin&Go formats at PokerStars. Texas Hold'em tournaments (11 buy-ins from $0.25 to $1,000) and Omaha (5 stakes from $1 to $15) are available to players.
In turn, NLH spins are divided into:

Classic: starting stack of 500 chips, the blinds raise from 2 to 5 minutes.
Flash: starting stack of 300 chips, the blind growth rate is 1 minute.
Spin and Go Max: tournaments with a random number of players from 3 to 8, the winner can randomly choose one of the prizes offered and mandatory auto all-ins after 20 hands played.

Let's analyze the features of the most popular – classic Hold'em Spins.

Spin & Go structure

Blind Levels:

Level	Blinds
1	10/20
2	15/30
3	20/40
4	30/60
5	40/80
6	50/100
7	60/120
8	75/150
9	90/180
10	105/210

The blind structure depends on the multiplier:

X2 – 2 minutes.
X3-5 – 3.
X10-25 – 4.
X120+ – 5.

Multipliers and probabilities

Multiplier	Probabilities per 1M games
	$0,25-$2	$5	$10	$25-$50	$100	$250	$500	$1,000
x2	494.882	506.884,7	464.882	434,882	404.882	397.682	395.282	394.082
x3	414.012	402.010,2	444.012	474,012	504.012	511.212	513.612	514.812
x5	85.000	85	85.000	85.000	85.000	85.000	85.000	85.000
x10	5.000	5	5.000	5.000	5.000	5.000	5.000	5.000
x25	1.000	1	1.000	1.000	1.000	1.000	1.000	1.000
x120	75	75	75	75	75	75	75	75
x240	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30
Maximum*	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

*For most limits, the maximum multiplier is from x1,200 to x12,000. In this case, the winner of the tournament gets one million dollars.

Starting with an x10 multiplier, the prize pool is distributed among all participants:

Multiplier	1st	2nd	3rd
x10	80%	20%
x25	80%	12%	8%
x120	83.4%	8.3%	8.3%
x240	83.4%	8.3%	8.3%
Maximum	83.4%	8.3%	8.3%

Spin and Go Rake

The higher the buy-ins, the lower the fees charged:

$0,25-$5 – 8%.
$10 – 7%.
$25-$50 – 6%.
$100-$1,000 – 5%.

What is Spin&Go Max

Spin and Go Max can only be played on PokerStars. The main difference from the “classic”:

There are seven buy-ins from $1 to $100. The number of participants is determined randomly from 3 to 8 players.
Before the start of the tournament, three potential prizes are also randomly determined. When the tournament ends, the winner chooses one of them.
If one of the prizes has a maximum multiplier, the winner is guaranteed to receive it.

Gameplay

In normal mode, Spin&Go Max runs for some fixed hands, which depends on the buy-in and the number of participants. After the hand counter reaches zero, all players go auto-all-in until the winner is determined.

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Updating the poker client and reducing the variance in spins is undoubtedly good news. Although, it must be noted that only those spin regs that need massive traffic are still playing at PokerStars.

All the rest moved to other networks a long time ago having good results, and also, a decent rakeback deal has a positive impact in variance. To get more details about our deals at poker networks with spins, please contact our team.

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