Where to Play Spin & Go Tournaments: Comparing Poker Rooms

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Spin & Go tournaments are hyper-turbo tournaments with a random prize pool determined by a multiplier. The most common multiplier is x2, but players are often drawn in by the possibility of a x10,000 multiplier. Typically, there are three or four players at a table. Some rooms offer additional prizes for knocking out opponents, and after several levels, the game can turn into a forced all-in shootout. All rooms charge a rake, which usually depends on the buy-in: the lower the buy-in, the higher the rake.

RedStar reduced the rake in Fish Party tournaments to 5.85% and changed the frequency of multiplier drops. PokerKing offers Spin & Go tournaments in both Hold'em and Pot-Limit Omaha with buy-ins ranging from $2 to $25. PokerDom has Spin & Go tournaments with buy-ins starting from 15 rubles, with the largest prize pool of 15,000,000 rubles. PartyPoker's Sit&Go Hero tournaments feature four players per table and bounty prizes for knocking out opponents. 888poker's Blast Poker tournaments have the shortest levels of 2 minutes and convert to all-in shootouts after a certain number of levels.