On Monday, the wheels stopped on a $1.2 million prize pool for the first time in Spin & Go history on PokerStars! The three handed $5 buy-in tournament lasted less than 15 minutes and Russia's "sss66666" ended up getting the biggest slice of the prize pool, 1,000,000 US dollars!
The other two players received $100,000 each, so they probably weren't that disappointed with what they had won in [...] Read more » Russian Wins $1 million in $5 Spin & Go!
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it had to be russian...
not a bad return on the fiver invested, even $100K for just participating would satisfy my need for alcohol for 2015 and a few years beyond... cheers for jokerstars for such great promos where you have virtually no chance to win sth.
Joined: Sep '12
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Ha Ha He is one true lucky person !!! thats a great win for the entry thats being paid . hope he doesn't bust it in a short span . they are good at doing that Man if i had won that much i would have gone on a trip to the most exotic location and chill around for a month and enjoy the moment to the core.
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The winner had played solely freerolls the days before... one of the runner ups played solely freerolls + MTTs up to $0.27.. Now out of the sudden this huge hit? Also the winner is or at least was a multiaccounter (there's a nickname that has one 6 less than winners account who played the same freerolls as him a few times, but the account is locked)... Sorry but this is the first time I don't believe this is all real... Congrats though if it is.
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I would hate to be the guy that came out second (or third). Probablly wouldn't be able to sleep for at least a week. Getting so close to a 1M$ prise and ending up with nothing is just heart breaking. Hope he didn't crash his computer frustrated.
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Posted by roeish3: I would hate to be the guy that came out second (or third). Probablly wouldn't be able to sleep for at least a week. Getting so close to a 1M$ prise and ending up with nothing is just heart breaking. Hope he didn't crash his computer frustrated.
"The other two players received $100,000 each, so they probably weren't that disappointed with what they had won from a small buy-in tournament."
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Posted by Tony_MON7ANA:
Posted by roeish3: I would hate to be the guy that came out second (or third). Probablly wouldn't be able to sleep for at least a week. Getting so close to a 1M$ prise and ending up with nothing is just heart breaking. Hope he didn't crash his computer frustrated.
"The other two players received $100,000 each, so they probably weren't that disappointed with what they had won from a small buy-in tournament."
They got $100k. Not bad, huh?
yeah, but between 1M$ and 100k$ is a lot of diference... 1m is life changing money, 100k isnt that much life changing...
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Posted by StheP:
yeah, but between 1M$ and 100k$ is a lot of diference... 1m is life changing money, 100k isnt that much life changing...
Sure there's a big difference, but $100K not being life changing? Not sure what you're thinking, but having an extra $100K would very well change my whole life in pretty much ALL aspects..
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Posted by Tony_MON7ANA:
Posted by roeish3: I would hate to be the guy that came out second (or third). Probablly wouldn't be able to sleep for at least a week. Getting so close to a 1M$ prise and ending up with nothing is just heart breaking. Hope he didn't crash his computer frustrated.
"The other two players received $100,000 each, so they probably weren't that disappointed with what they had won from a small buy-in tournament."
They got $100k. Not bad, huh?
Hmm... Missed that part. well for 5$ a 100k$ reward is still pretty nice. Although it's not 1M$ I would still be happy to get it. When they introduce the spin 'n' go I checked the odds of getting each prise and If I wanted to chase lucky dreams I would hit the casino. I'm affraid they are trying to insert the casino into the poker rooms and I don't like that. Hope it will not get worse in the future
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That really is one hell of a lucky guy,just imagine spending just $5 and then realising you will be playing for $1 million!At least the players who finished second and third did receive a "consolation" prize of 100k so at all three players would have been quite happy with their $5 investment.
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I get tired of playing this promotion and did not get any good prize, I prefer to play head up and sit and go with fixed prizes and lower risk, this promo is made for giles
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Wow huge win 1million, now he will have to cashout and we will get into a lot of hassle and he will need to explain how he got that lots of money and after tax i am sure there will be lots of cash tied in tax and so on, but still after all this hassle and when the money reach his bank then wow , well done , you are good for life, no need to play poker anymore just have fun on poker and invest in other stuffs!
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Posted by BeMyATMplz: The winner had played solely freerolls the days before... one of the runner ups played solely freerolls + MTTs up to $0.27.. Now out of the sudden this huge hit? Also the winner is or at least was a multiaccounter (there's a nickname that has one 6 less than winners account who played the same freerolls as him a few times, but the account is locked)... Sorry but this is the first time I don't believe this is all real... Congrats though if it is.
If this guy was a multiaccounter for real i wonder why he is still with Pokerstars i think that a guy like that should be banned from the site. I just dont understand
Posted by pinotte: ... If this guy was a multiaccounter for real i wonder why he is still with Pokerstars i think that a guy like that should be banned from the site. I just dont understand
Maybe they'll ban him. Who knows?
Those spin'n'goes are weird for me. I don't think they're random. When I tried to play $1 buy-in Spn&G, almost everytime prize pool was the same (minimal). I don't think it's random.
Today dollar in the Russia costs almost 2 times more, than in previous years. If he will withdraw them and convert into the roubles he'd become very rich
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Only just read the post by BeMyATM,if the winner was in fact a multi accounter would this mean that the prize would be withheld? Surely Pokerstars are going to investigate and do as much due diligence as is possible before they pay out a million dollars?That would be one hell of a blow to have won $1m and then have it taken away because you wanted to play a few extra freerolls.
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Posted by uno1Bomber:
Posted by pinotte: ...
Today dollar in the Russia costs almost 2 times more, than in previous years. If he will withdraw them and convert into the roubles he'd become very rich
...I think if he bought $1 million US dollars worth of a currency that has basically crashed (rubles) due to Western sanctions, it could go one of 2 ways....:
1) Putin will not relent, the ruble will not recover, and buddy would lose a large percentage of his money...
OR
2) He will turn lead into gold by buying a million dollars worth of a worthless currency, and if it rebounds he would stand to nearly DOUBLE his winnings by gambling on the vunerable ruble...!
BUT
...if I understand correctly,...if the guy has multiple accounts and gets banned and his winnings revoked,...then I guess he'll be crying in his borscht...
Posted by demodawggy: .. ...I think if he bought $1 million US dollars worth of a currency that has basically crashed (rubles) due to Western sanctions, it could go one of 2 ways....: ..
Dollar's price is going down now. I heard Russia wouldn't sell some products for dollars in the future to some countries. Also, they doing something with China and other pro-Russian countries.
If it was me, I would buy roubles and then buy the gold and estate with them.
Man if i had won that much i would have gone on a trip to the most exotic location and chill around for a month and enjoy the moment to the core.
