Spin & Go: PokerStars vs. All Competitors

Author

Vargoso

Published

11/27/2024

Updated

11/27/2024

Although PokerStars did not invent Spins, it is the room responsible for its expansion and recognition for many players. However, Spin&Go at Stars has changed a lot over the years, and now almost all of its competitors have tournaments in this format in their portfolio. This article compares the Spins that offer the best poker rooms.

Spin&Go Features at Top Poker Rooms

Description / Site	PokerStars	GGPoker	Champion Poker	ACR Poker	BetOnline	Pokerdom
Buy-ins	10 ($0.25-$500)	9 ($0.25-$500)*	8 (€1-€200)	3 ($2-50)	3 ($3-30)**	8 (25-5k rub)***
Rake	5%-8%	7%	7% (€200 - 5%)	6%	5%-8%	6.5%-7%
Rakeback	10%-25%+	10%	30%+	10%+	10%+	12%+
HUD	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Blind structure	2 minutes (50% of the tournaments)	1-2 minutes (91% of the tournaments)	3 minutes	3 minutes	3 minutes	3 minutes
Multipliers	x2-x3-x5	x2-x3-x5	x2-x3-x5	x2-x3-x6	x2-x3-x6	x2-x3-x5
x2 probability (buy-ins $5-$10)	46,48%	46,48%	57,18%	73,50%	75,06%	48,75%

*6 more Spin&Gold 6-max limits from $0.25 to $20
**There are three options at each limit: OFC, Flips, and All-in or Fold
***There are two options at each limit: Classic and Hyper, plus OFC and HU format Spins

GGPoker

GGPoker beats PokerStars in Spins traffic. Spin&Gold was launched after many competitors and has experimented with the features to the max:

Insurance. If the player takes it, he will receive the buy-in back if an x2 multiplier falls, which happens 46.5% of the time.
The starting stack, blind structure, and time bank depend on the multiplier.
6-max format tournaments
Exclusive Spin&Gold Challenge bonuses and daily races

Overall, due to the high rake and fast structure, it is more complex to beat these tournaments. Also, you cannot use an external HUD. However, there is plenty of action 24/7.

Champion Poker

The Twisters on the iPoker Network are rightly considered the best spins in modern online poker and are inferior to Spin&Gold and Spin&Go only in terms of traffic. The largest number of games can be found in the evenings in Europe.

What makes Twisters so attractive?:

There are 8 limits from 1 to 200 euros. Age of the Gods also has three buy-ins, jackpots, and a faster structure.
Fixed and direct rakeback of 30% with a rake of 7% (€200 tournaments only 5%, making them more profitable than the competition). There is also an exclusive grinder race and a private rakeback deal from us.
Standard three-minute blind levels across all tournaments

ACR Poker

Jackpots at ACR Poker are similar to Twister in their advantages: low rake and the possibility of high returns through the loyalty system, races, and rakeback deals. However, the range of buy-ins could be much higher. Only three tournaments are available: $5, $15, and $50.

Jackpots also have x4-x6 multipliers and a record 73.5% of tournaments are played with an x2 multiplier. Regardless of buy-in, the maximum prize pool is $1,000,000.

The traffic volume here is lower than that of the other options we compared in this article, with the peak occurring in the evenings in America.

BetOnline

The Jackpot Sit&Go on the Chico Poker Network is named Windfall and can be called the most modest in this review. It only has three levels up to $30, and the maximum multiplier of 2,500x raises the top prize to $75,000, far from the competition.

However, it also offers exotic formats such as Spin in Open Face Chinese Poker (OFC) and AoF (all-in or fold).

The peak traffic corresponds to the afternoons and evenings in the United States. The rake at the lowest levels is the highest of all, although by registering with us you will get an additional rakeback compensation to the room's program.