Now that the World Series of Poker-proper is over and we’re just waiting for All Hallows’ Eve Eve and the start of the Main Event final table, other poker festivals can now start to try to turn the attention of poker players and fans back to them. As such, PokerStars is running a special Spin & Go promotion to give players a chance to win seats in the European Poker Tour (EPT) Barcelona Main Event.
From July 18th through July 31st, PokerStars.com and its family of sites that share liquidity will host special €10 buy-in Spin & Go’s whose grand prize is a €9,000 prize package for the EPT Barcelona Main Event. That package includes the €5,300 tournament buy-in plus €3,700 for travel and expenses (the latter amount will actually be credited in U.S. dollars). PokerStars will not be making travel and accommodations arrangements for the winners; players must do that themselves.
The number of prize levels has been reduced for the EPT Barcelona Spin & Go’s. Rather than eight prize tiers, as the regular Spin & Go’s have, the EPT version has just four tiers. Here is the breakdown, listing the prize pool multiplier, first prize, and the frequency of that multiplier hitting:
900x – €9,000 EPT Barcelona Package – 25 in 100,000
6x – €60 – 2,500 in 100,000
4x – €40 – 24,775 in 100,000
2x – €20 – 72,700 in 100,000
Though the chances of hitting the EPT Barcelona package are very low, they are actually not too bad when compared to regular Spin & Go’s. There is no 900x multiplier normally – there is a huge gap between the 12,000x multiplier jackpot and the 240x jackpot – but the 900x multiplier still compares quite favorably. For example, in a regular Spin & Go, the 240x multiplier has a 50 in 1,000,000 chance of coming up, much worse odds than the 25 in 100,000 that we see on the EPT Barcelona chart. And the 900x multiplier obviously provides a better return than does the 240x multiplier. Heck, the chances of hitting the EPT Barcelona jackpot are still better than spinning the 120x multiplier normally.
Naturally, there are also differences in the probabilities when it comes to the 2x, 4x, and 6x multipliers, but people playing the EPT Barcelona Spin & Go’s likely don’t really care about those. The goal here is to the win the EPT prize package.
EPT Barcelona will be held at the Casino Barcelona in Spain from August 16th through August 28th, 2016. The first day is strictly for satellites, while the “real” tournaments begin on August 17th. Not counting satellites, there are close to 50 events at EPT Barcelona, highlighted by the €5,300 Main Event, which will run August 22nd through August 28th with two starting flights.
