Spin & Go Championship: Meet the first qualifier heading to Prague
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All you need to know about the inaugural Spin & Go Championship taking place at EPT Prague in December.
PokerStars has announced an exciting new addition to the European Poker Tour (EPT) Prague stop – the first of its kind.
A live Spin & Go Championship will see 81 players – comprised of 74 PokerStars Spin & Go qualifiers and seven special guests – do battle in the three-handed event, which boasts €100,000 in prizes.
The inaugural event takes place at the Prague Hilton from December 14-15, but it’s for invitees only.
So, how can you book your seat in the Spin & Go Championship? And what prizes are up for grabs? Find out here.
HOW TO QUALIFY FOR THE SPIN & GO CHAMPIONSHIP
A series of leaderboard competitions on PokerStars will award 33 places to pokerstars.com qualifiers, with 24 spots reserved for qualifiers from Southern Europe qualifiers and a final 17 spots set aside for Spin & Go qualifiers in Italy.
The remaining seven Spin & Go Championship participants will be announced at a later date, but we can tell you they will include celebrities, influencers and special guests, making this unique event all the more exciting.
Qualify and you’ll win a special trip to EPT Prague and compete for a share of €100K
Each online qualifier will win a €2,735 package enabling them to compete in the event, and each package will include:
- €1,430 Spin & Go Championship buy-in
- Hotel stay for two nights
- €500 in expenses
Simply opt-in via your Challenges Window and then collect leaderboard points for every Spin & Go tourney that you win at a $5 buy-in level or higher.
There are three leaderboard periods (October 7-20, October 21-November 3, November 4-17) and at the end of each, the top two players will get their hands on an awesome package to play in Prague.
But there’s more. Finish in the remainder of the top 50 during a leaderboard period and you’ll get a ticket to play a Spin & Go Live Championship Freeroll, where three more packages will be up for grabs.
So, what are you waiting for?
Opt-in and hit the Spin & Go tables for the opportunity to play our huge new event at EPT Prague in style.
HOW THE LIVE EVENT WORKS
A total of €100,000 in prize money is on offer at the Spin & Go Championship, split between fixed final table prizes, random prizes distributed via mystery envelopes throughout the event, and prizes based on a ranking system.
There’s a first-place prize of €25,000 up for grabs, with €15,000 going to the overall runner-up and €10,000 awarded to third place.
Beginning with 81 players, the entire tournament follows the popular knockout Spin & Go format that sees players compete three-handed for mystery prizes until only one is left standing.
With mystery prizes coming into play in Round 2, here are the details of each four-game round:
Round 1: 81 players across 27 tables. Four wins are required to reach Round 2
Round 2: 27 players across nine tables. Five wins are required to reach Round 3; €30,000 in random mystery envelope prizes between €2,000 and €10,000
Round 3: Nine players across three tables. Five wins are required to reach the Final Round; €7,300 in prizes according to ranking and €17,000 in random mystery envelope prizes
Final Round: Three players across one table. €25,000 for first; €15,000 for second; €10,000 for third.
Visit the official Spin & Go Champinship site to learn more.
MEET THE FIRST LEADERBOARD QUALIFIER
Daniel Johnson from Scotland has become the first online qualifier to book a seat in the maiden Spin & Go Championship that will take place during the European Poker Tour (EPT) stop in Prague this December.
Johnson finished in the top spots of the first of three Leaderboard periods (October 7-20) then took down the exclusive freeroll that followed to win his seat in the special event. By the time he gets to Prague, he’ll be joined by 73 other online qualifiers.
His €2,735 package includes:
- €1,430 Spin & Go Championship buy-in
- Hotel stay for two nights
- €500 in expenses
Johnson, who has been playing poker for nine years and has just shy of $17K in live cashes, primarily plays online and only ventures to live events a couple of times a year if he can satellite in. Coincidentally, Johnson will also be playing the EPT Prague Main Event after winning a package from just a €5 investment.
But what he might lack in live experience he more than makes up for in Spin & Go knowledge.
“Spins are perfect for starting and ending a session,” he says. “They kick your mind into gear straight away, and they’re also a nice way to wind down with a last buy-in of the night.”
It’s not just the adrenaline-pumping pace that Johnson loves about Spins, but also the winner-takes-all element. “It’s nice to turn off the ICM side of my brain and just play for the win,” he says.
Now he can’t wait to sit down at a real table and play some three-handed poker. “It’s virtually unheard of,” he says. “It will be amazing to be part of the very first live Spin & Go tournament held by PokerStars. It’ll be a nice change of pace compared to the usual nine- or ten-handed live tournaments.”
Johnson will be part of the 81-player field battling at the Prague Hilton from December 14-15 for a share of $100K in prizes. The winner will get €25,000, with €15,000 going to the overall runner-up and €10,000 awarded to third place. There will also be mystery prizes coming into play in Round 2.
Do you love Spin & Go’s? There’s plenty of time for you to book your seat. Scroll up to find out how.
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