888poker Introduces Fast BLAST Tournaments
One of the most action-packed online poker tournament variants is set to become even crazier after 888poker introduced a turbocharged version of its popular BLAST games.
BLAST tournaments are 888poker��s version of the so-called ��jackpot sit & go�� tournaments. All BLAST tournaments are played on four-handed tables and start when four players have entered either the $1, $5, $10, $15, $30 or $100 buy-in game.
Like in other online poker sites�� jackpot sit & go games, the prize pool is randomly selected before any cards are dealt, but then comes the major difference which separates BLAST from the competition.
Instead of playing out like a typical sit & go, BLAST games have a timer displayed, which is typically five minutes, and once this timer hits zero, any remaining players are set all-in until a champion is decided. As you can imagine, this can lead to some crazy plays when the timer has almost counted down.
As if only having five minutes didn��t promote enough frantic action, 888poker is in the process of introducing Fast BLAST tournaments, which have a time limit of a mere two minutes. The rules are still the same and you can still play for a share of a prize pool up to 10,000 times your buy-in amount, but now you only have 120 seconds in which to build a large enough stack to give you an increased chance of winnings some prize money.
Another new addition to the 888poker BLAST offering is the $10 BLAST WSOP Package edition where triggering the jackpot awards the winner a $12,500 package to the 2017 World Series of Poker Main Event. These $10 buy in games see eight percent of the buy-in paid as fees and the prize pool multiplier is either twice, five times or 1,250 times the buy-in. Prizes are awarded at the following frequencies.
| Prize Pool Multiplier | Prize Pool | Frequency |
|---|---|---|
| 1,250 | $12,500 | 450 in 1,000,000 |
| 5 | $50 | 372,800 in 1,000,000 |
| 2 | $20 | 626,750 in 1,000,000 |
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