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THE ULTIMATIVE GUIDE TO SPIN AND GOS IN 2018
Categories: Strategy | Published by: Pierre Maxev
30/03/2018
Spin & Go Master Class (For Real Pros)
With the introduction of Pokerstars Spin and Gos in 2014, the Jackpot Poker format became slowly one of the
most popular poker games online, and professional poker players rushed in the format as if there was gold to find
One thing that gives (mostly bad players) excitement playing spin and gos is the rush you feel when the wheel
tarts spinning, and you have the chance to multiply your buy-in by up to 10.000x.
While this is the feature that made the game so beloved you most often hit a 2x multiplier and that is not too
xciting, especially if you play dozens of them on a daily.
How Spin And Gos Work - Probabilities
pin and gos are three-handed hyper turbo sit and gos on Pokerstars where only the first gets paid.
You get 500 chips (25bb starting stack) for whatever buy-in you choose to play with the blind level rising every 3
minutes. As soon as three players found their alliance at a Spin and Go table, a wheel appears, starts spinning and
andomly decides which multiplier to put on your buy-in to decide the price-pool.
he price for the winner of a Spin and Go is randomly chosen, and your buy-in can be multiplied by anything from
x to 12.000x.
f you are lucky enough to hit a big enough multiplier (240x +), 20% of the prize pool will be split equally between
he second and third place.
he probabilities below tell you how likely it is to get specific multipliers in a $15 Spin and Go.
Multiplier First Place Chance
2 $30 70.5%
4 $60 21.5%
6 $90 7.5%
10 $150 0.5%
25 $375 0.1%
120 $1500 0.075%
240 $300 0.030%
12,000 $150K 0.0001%
o, as drawn from the table above you, any one in a million wins 10.000x his buy-in in a spin and go, and to get a
multiplier of 25x, you would have to play 1000 spin & Gos to hit one statistically.
Don't Underestimate The Variance!
veryone in the poker world approved the new jackpot style poker games, but the professionals.
You must know that even if you are one of the best players in the pool, you can have long-lasting and devastating
ownswings thanks to the random prize pool.
t could take years to run as expected by the probability of hitting specific multipliers.
You might hit 2x price-pools way too often, long-term. Spin & go’s involve more luck than regular poker games,
nd that’s why recreational players like it and pros hate it.
pin & gos are fast, too fast given the relatively high rake taken on them (5-8%). That high rake takes most of the
dge a player could have, and to run on EV; you got to hit a significant multiplier which many will never.
ackpot Poker games are low-edge games due to the blinds rising hyper-fast, meaning there is not much money
o be won pre-rake back.
heoretically, there is good money to be made, but given that the variance is so huge, it might take years to even
ut a bad run, and hence spin and gos aren’t the best choice to consistently make money.
here is, in my humble opinion, only one way to bridge those long-lasting breakeven stretches, and that’s with th
ight rake back deal which Pokerstars won’t give you.
AmericasCardroom or PartyPoker are great alternatives if you want to playJackpot Poker games.
f you play at a poker site that gives you competitive rake back rates, your downswings won’t bother as much, as
ou always will at least make some money, assuming you are decent.
Spin And Go Strategy | The Masterclass
f you are playing spin and goes and wonder why you haven’t made any money even though you been playing
well, you can often blame it on variance, although you might have overestimated your skills and you are actually
ot having an advantage over your opponents. The better your strategy, the less downswings you will have.
n the long run, spin and go’s are incredibly profitable due to many factors, and you should stay persistent and not
ive up if you are struggling. Read this page to repossess confidence and update your spin and go strategy.
n poker tournaments or sit and goes you might adjust your range depending on the payout structure and fold AK
at the bubble for example. In spin and go’s however, you play for chips as it is a winner-takes-all format so you
should take every profitable spot regardless of the multiplier.
Play Well Early In The Game, And You Will Profit!
he first stage of spin and go’s plays a significant roll on whether you are profitable or not. Your strategy must be
undamentally solid in all areas given that you are bound to play so many hands due to its three-handed game
lay. The more hands you play post-flop, the more mistakes you could do.
You will play much more hands three-handed in spin and go’s than two-handed simply because you always start
y playing three-handed but are not guaranteed to play heads up.
You should focus on improving your strategy in the most common spots first, and then slowly work towards
mastering spots that come less frequently and are generally more complex.
What is more important, good pre-flop or post-flop play?
Both in combination make the winning formula, but post-flop you have a much higher chance to make mistakes.
Having the right pre-flop ranges helps to avoid trouble spots post-flop, and I’d say preflop is the fundament of a
ood spin and go strategy.
What is a fundament without a sweet building on top of it though? Yeah, you going to need to learn how to play
ost flop. How do you that?
will give you a couple links that you should follow if you want to modify your spin and go strategy.
Continuation Bet
Donk Bet
Check Raise
How To Play From The Button
You generally want to only open-raise and never limp from the button. 99% of professional poker players apply
his tactic for several reasons and you should do it too.
A typical open-raising-range from the button with 25 big blinds should be between 35-50% in a spin and go.
Depending on your skill you should be on the tighter side if you aren’t comfortable post-flop, and on the broader
ide if you think you can manage to play a wide range post-flop.
Opening more hands surely works well on lower stakes as your opponents can easily be outplayed and won’t back
lay you as much as on higher stakes but it also can get you into tricky spots that might lead you to do mistakes.
Spin And Go Charts, Ranges And Considerations
Most poker players talk a lot about their opponent’s ranges but forget to consider their own. Their spin and go
strategy is consequently mostly focused on adjusting to the opponent, while we try to have a strategy that
makes our opponent adjust to us, and if he does't, he will lose long-term.
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f you first think about how your range is constructed, your opponent’s range will become a secondary element to
ase your decision on.
f you consider your range when making plays you are automatically in the other players head as he thinks about
our range too.
am going to work out pre-flop charts with the tool PioSolver , which is pretty much a program that helps you
olve poker games. I will take screenshot of the simulations i have run, take a copy or come study the charts here!
n the images you will see that parts of the ranges are highlighted in grey, brown, green, red and blue.
Blue and grey = Fold
Red = Open-Raise
Brown = All-in
Green = Limp
ust click through the slider to get ranges for heads-up play three-handed out-of-position with 25-12Big Blinds.
25-22bb three-handed sb after limp vs raise
As playing out of position, which you are in the small blind (three-handed), can be very challenging with short
tacks we adjust our oop-strategy by playing the push-or-fold strategy already with 10-12 big blinds to avoid
etting into trouble post-flop. To find optimal shoving ranges you optimally use ICMizer.
How To Play In The Big Blind Vs The Button
n the big blind you want to CALL A LOT as you are getting the right price to do so and adittionaly close the betting
ound. You will play out of position in the BB vs the BU, and that can be especially difficult for amateurs. If you
lay wide ranges out of position, make sure not to be overly aggressive post-flop. It can be tempting to bluff way
o much as you often don’t hit your hand and feel the need to fight for the chips.
ight is right, that saying is still valid in 2018, especially now that the player pool has gotten relatively aggressive
You can exploit your opponent not only by bluffing or bluff-catching a lot, but also by folding a lot, when he is too
ight.
Below i will give you some preflop charts for when you are in the big blind and the button open-raises.
We assume that the button min-raises the button. If he raises to more than two big blinds you should adjust your
anges (become tighter). Various stacksizes are included in the slide-show, so click through them all to learn a top
re-flop spin & go strategy
big blind defense vs button OR 14-11bb
Allthough these ranges are very balanced, you should make adjustments in accordance to the player-pool. Just
bet all your premium pair’s(JJ+) non-allin as people on lower stakes tend to call crazy hands which you are far
head of.
How To Play In The Big Blind Vs The Small Blind
We assume that the small blind raises to more than two big blinds. If he min-raises you should call significantly
more hands. Study the spin & go charts below to improve your winrate in the big blind vs small blind.
BB vs SB-3x 25-21BB
Playing A Game Theoretical Optimal Spin And Go Strategy
f you could manage to play GTO, there would be no other player that could beat you, long-term.
f two players play GTO (which isn’t possible because poker is way too complicated), the only one winning would
e the one that charges rake, the poker site in that example.
However, most spin & go players don’t care about GTO (SNG players in general don’t) and underestimating that
trategical element completely.
hey are a little bit old-fashioned it seems, because every player at the high stakes cash games is making use of
rogrammes (Piosolver) that help finding GTO strategies.
f the best spin & go player gave $25/50 at Pokerstars a shot, he would get destroyed, and the table he just joined
would get filled immediately with 20 players in the waiting list, because who cares about GTO, right?
he real beasts do, and you should too.
his GTO button open-raising range (in the below image) looks like a reasonable range, assuming we play for
5bb on the button, not much to discuss here.
But, in the image below, you can see how you are supposed to play vs a 3-bet from the big blind…
his range certainly doesn’t resemble yours in any way, and that is because you don’t look at poker from a GTO
erspective. Have you ever just called 66-AA there? Maybe you done so with aces or kings, with the sole purpose o
rapping your opponent into donating into your nut-hand. But there is more to it…
think we both agree when i say that most people solely 3-bet the nuts in the big blind, something like JJ+ and
AQs, and basically never bluff, unless you face a maniac (in which case you should deviate from a GTO strategy).
o, what sense would it make to 4-bet hands like 22-TT, or AJs type of hands, which i bet most of you do?
t wouldn’t make sense as you would simply isolate yourself against better hands, and that is exactly what Pio-
olver is taking into consideration, and suggests ranges based on that fact.
et’s have a look below at our 11bb “heads-up” small Blind range from our GTO preflop charts
Admit it, you have never even thought about playing a similar range to this, did you? You better should as every
ther strategy can be exploited.
lay this range when you have 11bb in a spin and go heads up in the sb for a while and you will notice how superior
nd comfortable you will feel in this spot.
Watch A Spin & Go Strategy Video, Played On Pokerstars
o keep things tidy, i wont talk much about how to play heads-up here, and instead upload a video of me playing
ome spin & gos at Pokerstars where you can see a lot of heads-up action.
he reason I do this is because I’d have to give you 100s of different ranges for heads-up hypers that would be
ifficult to remember.
ake a break, and enjoy a live-play spin and go strategy video from one of our coaches.
Spin&Go Srategy
от Pokerreign
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Bankroll Management (BRM)
pin and go’s are, compared to other poker-formats variance-heavy. To play Spins comfortable, we advise having
00 buy-ins. You could take some shots with a 100x bankroll-management, but when you do this, you should be
eady to move down in stakes as soon as you have only 100x buy-ins left for the limit below.
You can play around with Pokerdope to simulate the variance for jackpot sit and go’s (Spin n Gos).
Wrap-Up | How To Become An Expert, Fast And Efficient
One of the best ways to get good at poker, not only spin & goes, is to invest time and money in poker-tools.
Below i’ll give you three essential poker tools you need when you want to beat spin and gos.
. Pio solver, for example, is a great poker tool to hone your post-flop skills as it’s forming your ranges to an
ptimum which are then ideally in balance and consequently unbeatable. This tool has changed the way
rofessionals play poker: 90% of all high stakes players make use of Pio Solver.
. ICMizer is the best tool when it comes to working out pre-flop ranges for Sit & Gos. Whether you want to
now what hands to re-shove or open-shove, this tool will give you the answers.
. Hand2note, is a great poker tracker software. It’s the newest on the market and the most advanced tracking
oftware you can find. On their page you will also find HUDs specifically designed for Spin & Gos.
hese are all, however, quite complicated programs for the poker novice-. However, in our poker-video section,
ou can see how the professional poker players make use of various programs, including Piosolver, ICMizer and
Hand2note.
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THOUGHT ON “THE ULTIMATIVE GUIDE TO SPIN AND GOS IN 2018”
Donk Donk says:
May 25, 2019 at 5:54 pm
Hey, there’s a same chart pic on 17-22bb and 14-17bb when playing heads-up three-handed out-of-position, i
it a mistake or the range just remains the same?
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