{"id":45555,"date":"2017-02-21T15:00:11","date_gmt":"2017-02-21T23:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=45555"},"modified":"2017-02-21T14:09:34","modified_gmt":"2017-02-21T22:09:34","slug":"pokerstars-new-jersey-turns-10-100000-lucky-spin-go-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/pokerstars-new-jersey-turns-10-100000-lucky-spin-go-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"PokerStars New Jersey Turns $10 into $100,000 for Lucky Spin & Go Winner"},"content":{"rendered":"

PokerStars<\/a> New Jersey recently made one online poker player a lot wealthier.<\/p>\n

Back on January 29, James Piccolo, a 28-year-old resident of Nevada, was back east visiting his family in Bergen County.<\/p>\n

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One lucky PokerStars New Jersey Spin & Go player is $100,000 richer after winning a hyper-turbo tournament that landed the 12,000-time prize pool multiplier multiplier. (Image: PokerStars)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The self-described poker professional decided to test his talent on the PokerStars New Jersey platform and sat down at the $10 Sit & Go tables.<\/p>\n

After a couple hours of playing the brisk three-handed format, Piccolo was notified that he and two others had landed the prize pool multiplier jackpot. Their combined $30 pot had been multiplied into $120,000, with the winner taking $100,000 and second and third-place finishes receiving $10,000 each.<\/p>\n

Roughly 15 minutes later, Piccolo’s bankroll was a cool $100,000 richer. A video filmed by his brother was quickly posted to YouTube showing the monumental win.<\/p>\n

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“We just won $100,000!” Piccolo told the others in the house. “I just had $590. I now have $100,000. This didn’t just happen.”<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

But it did happen, and it couldn’t have come at a better time. Piccolo was in New Jersey visiting his family before his father underwent surgery relating to an unspecified cancer.<\/p>\n

The surgery reportedly went well, and Piccolo’s sister got engaged in what’s become a rather celebratory week.<\/p>\n

Career Win<\/b><\/h2>\n

Piccolo told local reports that he moved to the Silver State in 2015 to pursue a career playing poker professionally. However, it doesn’t appear he’s experienced much success, at least on the live competitive circuit.<\/p>\n

According to The Hendon Mob, the online database that tracks poker tournament finishes, Piccolo has just three live cashes during his time living in Las Vegas<\/a>.<\/p>\n

His biggest take came in October when he won $1,843 in a $250 No Limit Hold’em event at The Venetian.<\/p>\n

Dating back to 2011, Piccolo’s live tournament career earnings consist of seven cashes for a total win of $8,102.<\/p>\n

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He’s fared better online, he says, and primarily competes via internet rooms from his home in Las Vegas. He explains that he typically plays five or six hours a day, and is making a decent living.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Overcoming the Odds<\/b><\/h2>\n

The Spin & Go format adds an element of pure luck to the poker table. After three players are seated at the table, a random draw determines the pot multiplier.<\/p>\n

Seven percent of the buy-in goes to rake, and the odds of the pot simply being doubled are the strongest at 72.92 percent. Piccolo’s table hit the 12,000-time multiplier at ridiculous odds. Just two in every one million games, or 0.0002 percent, land on the top multiplier.<\/p>\n

And as unlikely as it was to win on 0.0002 percent odds, Piccolo didn’t seem to have much chance of winning the $100,000.<\/p>\n

The third-place finisher bowed out relatively quickly, but that left Piccolo as a deep short stack against the remaining opponent. After gaining the majority of chips, Piccolo’s opponent took a big risk by shoving all-in with Q-7.<\/p>\n

Piccolo called with K-7, and after 3-10-3-4-2 was dealt to the community, he was the champ.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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