Three extremely lucky 888poker players have turned their $100 buy-ins into a share of a million-dollar payday in just under 10 minutes.
Check out their amazing Blast Jackpot win!
Just like the usual scenario, three players sat down at an 888poker online BLAST Jackpot table for a game. Little did they know that a mammoth-sized $1,000,000 prize pool had landed at their table!
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incredible luck these players have had, this is one of the news that makes you want to continue in poker, because you do not know when luck can be on your side, the happiness of these players is evident in their responses, 1 million dollars between the three, incredible.
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I don't like the format of this game, because the difference is too big between position 1 and the others what it occupies 2nd and 3rd places. I would choose for the first place prize to be $400 k. The second $350 k. The third $250 k. This is a good and correct calculation.
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Play ocasionaly almost every weekend he said haha. Very nice win. I had once a bigger win in those games, had luck to finish first. But i agree with Calicul, the differences between those prices are just too big. I would have on my mind allong time what it would be if i get first for 700k instead of 3rd, but at the end i guess everyone was happy with those numbers only 100 bucks investing.
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How lucky these players were, to play with 100 dollars and that the prize is 1 million between the three of them, of course this format is a bit unfair, they should lower a little to the first place as CALICUL says to balance, but in reality it is a lot money they took.
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love to see comments like this,especially when nobody from members know how things works!its same like poker stars have this kind of fast games (cant remember is spin & go name),where on some stakes you get prize that winner take all or that first two players get prizes and things like this! they had promotion when winner take 1 million and other two players get each 100 K! so its same here on 888poker and they have games like this whole year,maybe not with this big prizes,but have it blast for years! so all of you talking silly things and probably dont know much about blast games!
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is a Blast Jackpot where the prizes should be different. It is not normal 70% for 1st place and 20% with 10% for 2nd and 3rd places. Such a thing is unacceptable to anyone, but not for 888 or other amateurs who feel they have the absolute truth. Cheap opinions do not interest me.
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The prizes have always been that way, but our opinion is different, they should reduce it more to the first place, I think it would be the most reasonable, but the rooms have always made this type of percentages in the prizes, the same happens in tournaments, I think that it is time to fix that.
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Love this member who play only freerolls and earn 1,50 $ per month on poker,know what is better and what is correct at this kind poker games!its like this for years on every poker site,but when somebody dont know anything poker,he can write how they should make prize pool!We all know that he cant spend 2 $ on blast games and to talk about 100 $
If they have a bankroll big enough to be able to play at this buy-in level without much regrets then I don't think they are hurting for money tbh. Still a nice payday though for all three players...
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Luck in poker can come, sometimes you do not get things when you play and lose and there comes a time when that changes, many of them tell their stories, in this case what matters most to them is the money they won, $ 100,000 for the third, that's a lot of money.
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in blast games the prizes are distributed in another way and it's normal, but here we are talking about a jackpot where 3 players win ( not one, as in most games ). So, why does this difference have to be so big? the prizes could be closer to each other from my point of view, because players preferred my option to splitting the money not 888 variant.
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I think this is the policy of the rooms, but in reality the awards should make it more logical, the most important thing that they came out as winners of this grand prize, hopefully I will get some big prizes in these blasts.
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there is nothing to be changed here and this is game that work on this principle!its from first day of this kind of games and it will be!its system with three players on table where on smaller amounts winner take all or maybe first two and that is how it work!on this kind of big amounts,maybe its 100 $ buy in,but all poker players know that most of amount go to winner,but also other two players will get nice amount! there is nothing to talk about some change,because blast and spin & go games work like this and biggest prize will be for winner!
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It is true that it will not change, it has always been like that since poker started, how lucky these players were to win between the three 1 million dollars, that does not happen every day, and they will have lived the moment in an inexplicable way They themselves did not know what was happening.
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for me it doesn't make sense, because this 700,000 dollars makes me think that there is something dubious about it. Confidence comes when the jackpot prizes are closer in the case of the blast game. For casino it is different, but here is bizarre... That is my opinion and everyone has the right to think in his way.
It is always nice to see players hitting huge jackpot for small amount of money whatever it is a bad beat jackpot or this one at 888. Congratulation to the winners for winning this money which for sure is very nice especially at this hard moment.
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This sng jackpot tourneys have really strange pay out system in some sites. Must say i don't like this on 888 to much either. Some sites had offer to make a deal at big jakcpots at the begginings of this format if i am remembering correct. I am sure that they will be more then happy that just make a deal and all take 1/3 of that milion.
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They are right in mentioning that they should try to be more fair in their prize policies, but at that moment luck smiled on these players, but they know they have to play to win the first and second place jackpots, the third place already. it's less, that's why I think they won't change, because the three of them have the chance to play and win the 700 thousand dollars.
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rogerio you are wrong,you can make deal on this kind of blast or spin $ go games,its set up to make somebody winner of most of amount that is on table or even whole amount!this is big amount,so they will have three winners,but on most of them only first and second gets money,so this is not type of poker where you will play for longer time and where you will make deal! winner will get 700 K and thats whole story!this games will not change anytime,because its not regular poker game and blinds are faster!
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Obviously we can't change anything if we do not take action and make a request together to 888poker. I'm not talking about 2-3 people here, but tens of thousands asking this poker room to change jackpot prizes. It would be a interesting and the answer could be positive.
