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888poker Players Win Big in BLAST Tournaments
- Updated: November 23, 2016
888poker launched its take on jackpot Sit & Go tournaments in July when it introduced BLAST tournaments to its downloadable and mobile online poker client. The exciting format gives 888poker’s players the chance to play for a prize pool between twice and 10,000-times their initial buy-in, and with the highest buy-in being $30, prize pools of up to $300,000 are created and won in a matter of minutes.
Last weekend, two BLAST tournaments had a 10,000-times multiplier applied to the prize pool.
In a $5 buy in BLAST game, “Mn79Ben” came away with a massive $30,000 cash haul, with the runner-up scooping $10,000, Both the third-and-fourth-place finishers collecting a cool $5,000 each.
During the same weekend, “bucopepic” of Sweden sat down in a $30 BLAST tournament and must have been overjoyed to see the multiplier hit the jackpot of 10,000-times. Up for grabs was $300,000. The third-and-fourth-place finishers banked $30,000 each, the runner-up added $30,000 to their bankroll and the Swedish champion was $60,000 richer than when the poker session …
