2026 PokerStars EPT Barcelona
Chip Counts
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
More than 87% of the time, anyone who enters a $5 buy-in Spin & Go tournament online at PokerStars will be playing for a prize pool of either double or three times their buy-in. However, a recent $5 Spin & Go was special because the 240,000x jackpot multiplier was triggered, meaning the trio of entrants was playing for a gargantuan $1.2 million prize pool. The chances of that happening? 0.10 in a million!
PokerStars Spin & Go tournaments are a winner-takes-all when the prize pool multiplier is between 2x and 5x. The top two finishers win a slice of the pie when a 10x is hit, with anything 25x or larger paying out all three entrants.
When "KuCoH" of Belarus, Brazil's "malakaio300," and Denmark's "dillerfar19" bought into a $5 Spin & Go, the prize pool selector stopped on the ultra-rare 240,000x!
The 503 remaining players are going on their first 20-minute break of the day.
Arian Kashani limped in from the small blind, and Timothy Chung checked in the big blind.
Kashani bet 2,000 on a K♣5♦2♣ flop, and Chung called. It was the same sequence on the A♥ turn, as Kashani bet, this time for 8,500, and Chung called.
Both players checked the 7♥ river, and when Kashani tabled Q♦10♦, Chung flipped over a superior 10♣2♥ to claim the pot.
Ioannis Oikonomidis raised to 3,000 in middle position. It folded to Min Ji in the cutoff, who three-bet all in for 30,000. Oikonomidis swiftly called when the action folded back to him.
Min Ji: J♠J♣
Ioannis Oikonomidis: K♠K♦
Both players made a flush on the 7♣3♠2♠4♠Q♠ runout, but Oikonomidis' hand remained best, sending Ji to the exit.
Andrey Andreev raised to 3,000 under the gun and Peter Rakaczki jammed from middle position for 23,000. Aleksander Da Silva Boski called from the big blind, which forced Andreev to fold.
Peter Rakaczki: K♦J♦
Aleksander Da Silva Boski: A♥A♦
Rakaczki was not in good shape against Boski's aces, but the K♥9♣4♣ flop gave him some hope with top pair.
The 7♥ turn meant only a king or jack on the river would save Rakaczki.
It wasn't to be as the 8♦ completed the board, sending Rakaczki to the rail.