I was very excited to play few games at PokerKings website and test our Spin and Go HUD on that site.

Setting Up a HUD was easy and I was very happy how everything worked when I was playing a single table.
When I tried to add more tables there where some issues unfortunately.
Every time when you open more than one table there is a HUD popup and you have to manually assign the HUD to the right table. This is not a big problem if you are only playing 2 or 3 tables but it could become annoying if you are playing 4 or more tables.

Have a look at how our Spinngo Pro HUD looks at WPN Jackpot Poker tables:

I had a great time Playing Jackpots with a HUD, the games are very profitable.
Grinding on this network sound like a much better option now.
Most sites on WPN network offer great VIP rewards, rakeback, deposit bonuses and weekly races with excellent prizes, so if you are looking for a new place to play I recommend that you try Jackpot Poker.

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This is why we decided to find out if the Pokerstars is the only site worth playing on, or are there alternative sites that offer Spin and go and similar formats.
Past few months we looked at all these alternative websites and poker networks. We played on each of them, looked extensively at each format and made this list for you.

1) Expresso – Winamax

POSITIVES:

• The best Poker Software
• Great traffic
• Many different buy-in levels (€1, €2, €5, €10, €25, €50, €100)
• Weekly races with great prizes – The Expresso Challenge
• Good VIP system (up to 43% cashback)

NEGATIVES:

• Painful registration and verification procedure
• Only available for EU residents
• Cash-out only possible to EU bank accounts

 2) Twister Jackpot SNG – iPoker

POSITIVES:

• Great VIP rewards, bonusses and other promotions
• Good traffic
• Many different buy-in levels (€1, €2, €5, €10, €20, €50, €100)
• Weekly Twister Races with great prizes
• Affiliate rake races
• Many different deposit and cash-out options

NEGATIVES:

• The worst Poker Software
• The poker client crashes sporadically

3) Fish Party SNG – MPN (Microgaming)

POSITIVES:

• Great VIP rewards and bonusses
• Many different buy-in levels (€1, €5, €10, €20, €50)
• Bi-weekly races with great prizes – Fish Party Challenge
• Affiliate rake races
• Good looking graphic and pleasant playing experience
• Many different deposit and cash-out options

NEGATIVES:

• Traffic can be slow at €20 and €50 buy-in level in non-peak hours

4) PartyPoker Hero 3-Handed (Special Edition)

POSITIVES:

• Great VIP rewards (up to 50% cashback)
• Good quality software
• Many different buy-in levels ($0.25, $3, $10, $50, $100)
• Affiliate rake races
• Many different deposit and cash-out options

NEGATIVES:

• Traffic can be sometimes slow at highest buy-ins at non-peak hours
• No buy-ins between $10 and $50

5) Jackpot Poker (WPN)

POSITIVES:

• Great VIP rewards and bonusses
• Many different buy-in levels ($2, $10, $25, $40)
• Weekly races with great prizes – SNG Treasures
• Many different deposit and cash-out options

NEGATIVES:

• It is not possible to use HUDs at Jackpots SNG tables
  (Update: since October 2017 it is possible to use HUDs on WPN Jackpots )
• Traffic can be slow in non-peak hours
• I personally don’t feel comfortable having lots of money on any site that accepts USA players

OTHER OPTIONS:

PartyPoker Hero (4-handed Bounty SNG)

I really like this format, it is completely different than any other spin and go game.
The bounty consideration changes the strategy significantly and nobody knows how to play the format properly. This makes the games super-soft with majority of players being really fishy. If you are willing to spend little bit of time to study the bounty format these games can become really profitable.

Blast Sit’n’Goes – 4-handed (888 Poker)

I don’t recommend this format to anyone trying to play professionally. The game last 6 minutes (8 minutes for bigger prizes) and then everyone is all-in until someone wins.
These games can be fun if you are looking for occasional quick game but I would rather avoid them is possible.

Fortune Spin 3- Handed (GG Network)

Fortune Spin is completely different format than any other jackpot SNG games.
When you register for the game the Fortune Wheel starts spinning to determine the prize. You can spin Fortune Cookie, 4X and 8X multipliers.
If you spin Fortune Cookie you receive the Cookie Card and there is no game taking place. You have to collect 10 different cards to be able to exchange them for cash.
I haven’t done the math to calculate if these games are profitable or not but I really don’t like the idea. Registering for a game, paying a buy-in and not being able to play the game 50% of time when you spin Fortune Cookie is not very appealing, especially when you get Fortune Cookie 5-10 times in a row.

CONCLUSION:

Pokerstars is nor the only poker site out there, there are many smaller sites and poker networks that offer alternatives to Spin and Go format and all of them have much better rewards than Pokerstars.

In my opinion, playing Spin and Goes on any site from our top 5 list is better than playing on Pokerstars right now, especially for low stakes and mid stakes players where traffic is not a problem.
Playing poker without rakeback is giving money away and playing Spin and Gos without rakeback is foolish.

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Winamax is very popular in France, it’s even more popular than Pokerstars there and immediately after playing a few games there I can understand why. Winamax is the poker room with the best poker software. No other site comes even close.
I’m really impressed with all the options that software offers and with the beautiful graphics. Playing on Winamax just feel right, this is how the real poker site should look like.
Winamax also has a decent VIP reward system. They also have “The Expresso Challenge” weekly promotion where the players with the highest playing volume in Expresso games can earn lucrative prizes.
The games are filled with lots of recreational players and are very profitable, this coupled with all the promotions makes Winamax probably the best choice for playing 3-handed Jackpot SNG games right now. If you haven’t tried playing on Winamax before I highly recommend you to do so.

Of course, there are few things that I didn’t like.
Because of strict French laws the verification procedure is much more difficult than on the other poker sites. You have to send them your bank details and verify your home address. They send you a letter with a code and when you enter that code on the site only then you are fully verified.
Another thing that I didn’t like is that cashing-out from the site is only possible to your bank account.
It’s not possible to use Skrill or Neteller for that purpose.

Setting Up the HUD on Winamax Expresso tables was really easy and everything works perfectly fine as you can see in the video below:

I had a really good experience playing Expresso games, and playing on Winamax is really a pleasure so I will definitively be playing them more often in the future.

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I made a deposit and registered for a few $3 games just to get a feel of playing on a new site and to set-up our Spin and Go HUD panels correctly.
When I managed to set up the table and the HUD properly I wanted to register for some higher buy-in game and here I was disappointed.
Party Poker now only offers 3 buy-in levels for 3-handed SNG Hero games, $3, $50 and $100.
It was a really big jump for me to go from a $3 to $50 game straight away on a new site so I decided to play few more $3 games just to record a video for the site and then I gave up playing.
This is really unfortunate because I really wanted to have a try on Party Poker but playing $3 buy-in is too low for me and I don’t feel like playing $50 on a new site right now. If they had more buy-in levels in between I would definitely be playing more often there.
I hope they introduce $20 or $30 games soon.

I had no problems in setting Up a HUD on Party Poker. Both HUDs work without problems, they load fast and run smoothly and they look really good with the new Party’s dark table theme. Dark theme with grey table and grey background is my favorite, it keeps distractions at minimum so I can better focus on my game play and poker decisions.

Playing on Party Poker is really fun, there are lots of crazy players and maniacs so the games are very profitable.
For someone who is just starting playing 3-handed poker and is playing $3 games Party Poker is a great choice.
It might also be a good option for someone who wants to pay $50s and $100s, but most players would prefer to have more buy-in option in between and I really cant understand why Party doesn’t have them.

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The main difference between Fish Party games and Spin and goes on Pokerstars in that Fish Party has an ante from the start of the game. Some people may like this some people might not and in my opinion it is a great choice. It encourages players to play more hands from all position and as a consequence they make lot more mistakes.

I only played 15-20 Fish Party games so far and I really like them.
Graphic looks really good on the site and it has a potential to attract lots of recreation and fun players. Besson also offers some great promotions and VIP rewards so playing Fish Party games could definitely be a good option especially for low stakes and beginner players.

For people looking to play higher stakes or large number of tables there could be some issues with traffic if you are playing in non-peak hours. I tried playing at late night Euro time and because most of the players on the site are European players I found the traffic on the site really low at that time. That shouldn’t be an issue at peak times and at weekends though.

Setting up our Spin and Go  HUD on the site was easy, although for some reason it is not possible to place the HUD below the player on the right side, I found enough space on the table for all the panels.

Both 3-handed HUD and Heads Up HUD work fine and they look really nice on the tables, they blend in with Fish Party table colours really well.

I will definitely be playing more Fish Party games in the future. The player pool is really soft, most of the people playing them are recreational players so it is very profitable to play them.

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I know that some of you guys are playing on other, smaller sites and in next few weeks  I will be testing the HUD on  various poker networks that offer 3-handed tournaments. I’m interested to see how it fits on the tables there and if everything is working as we planed.

This week we will start with Twister Sit’n’Go games played on Coral Poker ( iPoker Network.)

I have been playing Twister poker for a few days and having a lots of fun.
I’m really happy how the HUD performs on iPoker and how it fits on the tables, everything works fine, although I couldn’t find a way to remove the roulette banner from the top right corner of the table.
Not sure if this is exclusive for Coral Poker or if all sites on iPoker have the same table layout.
This is little bit annoying but its not a huge deal, I positioned player panel on top of that banner and it doesn’t bother me much any more.

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