Can you be profitable with pokerstars spin & go?

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Gonna be very hard on Stars but with unibet and their 1000x (instead of 10 000x) jackpot you can. The jackpot is actually possible to hit and not a literal lotto.

partypoker is also great Spins site.. they have 10 000x jackpot sadly but they got leaderboards and amazing rakeback
 
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I think it depends on how good player you are relative to the stakes you are playing. You probably don't need to be that good to make a few dollars playing 25 cent buy ins but you won't make much either.
 
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Yes, I am profitable, I like this form of play. I played a lot at $15-$30.
I had a maximum multiplier when this game came out on the PS, I remember it was $54k. Unfortunately, I didn't manage to win and I had two $3k games.
 
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I don't know . I have played a tone of 0.25$ spins trying to complete challenges and missions or to get the power path ticket . I try to move up stakes , to play better spins games , but I have no success .
 
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No idea since I have only played very few Spin n Gos. But its worth noting, that none of the players topping the sharkscope SnG leaderboard, are Spin n Go players. They all play heads-up or other more traditional SnG formats. Which gives a pretty good indication, where its most easy to make money :)
 
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No idea since I have only played very few Spin n Gos. But its worth noting, that none of the players topping the Sharkscope SnG leaderboard, are Spin n Go players. They all play heads-up or other more traditional SnG formats. Which gives a pretty good indication, where its most easy to make money :)

Because the variance has driven all the Spin and Go's players crazy.

Just think of sitting and playing them 8 hours a day almost every day for years.

Takes a "special" kind of mind.
 
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Because the variance has driven all the Spin and Go's players crazy.

Just think of sitting and playing them 8 hours a day almost every day for years.

Takes a "special" kind of mind.
In fairness its not really all that different to play other SnG formats 8 hours a day for years. Especially not other hyperturbo formats. And we do see heads-up and other hyperturbo SnG players at the top of the leaderboard. This guy for instance is number 4 on the leaderboard for 2024 across sites, and he basically made all his money in hyperturbo 6-man SnGs. Interestingly he did play 444 $50 Spin n Gos but lost money in those perhaps due to not hitting the jackpot multipliers. So a pretty good example, that Spin n Gos are not, where SnG grinders make their money in 2024.

 
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Hello. I don't think it's possible in the long run. But I draw conclusions based on my results, playing SNG on pokerstars for 0.25 cents, either to win a ticket or slightly improve my bankroll - and it works. Because the multiplication is such that playing for several hours, it may be possible to invest more than to win. I also consider the game at these short tables as training for playing at the final tables of MTT tournaments, where I sometimes got lost by choosing the wrong strategy. But I repeat - this is my opinion and I could be wrong.
 
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get lucky on a high spin then maybe, otherwise pretty trciky in my opinion
 
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I think it can be done, but as long as you know what you are doing and I am referring to planning, strategy, investment, knowledge (knowing how you are going to play), knowing how to stop when the variance is against you and many other things that are not I know but they are surely necessary
 
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No I think the rake is too high
 
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I think that at the limit of 0.25 and 1$ dollars this is possible because there are too many very bad players playing there!!!
 
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I think so, in my year of playing virtual games and micro-limits, I've never made deposits at 5 poker sites.
 
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spins are biggest form of bingo at poker i wouldn´t play that ever.
 
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43+% winning rate, and you are the King!
difficult to achieve I guess.. I was on 40 % some weeks ago I usually play only the free tickets at GG, but when you have a bad run, it is hard to get back in that range..

do you?

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To me is difficult to make good profits in spin games, but it is necessary to practice and study a lot to obtain good long-term results in this type of game. I don't have much luck with multipliers too.. 90% are x2.. :(
 
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Can you be profitable in the long term?
I guess there's a strategy for any format . I however haven't found it yet. I am though profitable at AllinOrFold format over at GG ( PLO only where jam or not starts at flop, unlike nlhe where you have to jam or fold preflop ofc )
 
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Of course, here you can earn good money.
 
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Can you be profitable in the long term?
Hi
Of course not :)
These tournaments are bingo, who will be luckier and take the money. Today you, tomorrow your opponents. These are not the tournaments you can rely on as a source of constant and stable profit.
 
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One time I had around $1.65 on PS and I started playing Spin&Go. Initially I played the 0.25 ones, then I reached $3 and started playing the $1 ones. I won a $5 ticket on the leaderboard and with it I won $15 and my balance at this point was already close to $40. I continued advancing and in about a week I jumped to $110. So I thought, when I get to $120 I'm going to withdraw $100 and leave $20 and start all over again. It seems that the PS heard my thoughts. In about 3 days the $110 melted and I ended up not withdrawing anything...
 
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I dont think so,i can be profitable in the early term,but the more i play,the more agressive i get and i dont know,i think i just tilt if i play spin e go for a long time,i dont know why,maybe if i tried harder or studied more i could be profitable in long term,but it just seems really hard to keep playing the same game in the first 30 minutes and then in the hours after.
God bless
 
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