Massive Value Alert: Still Time to Join 888’s $1 Million Big Shot Special Edition, Heading for Large Overlay We don’t come across million-dollar tournaments online outside the top two online poker operators—and when we do they usually don’t come with a buyin as low as $109.
888Poker ’s $1 Million Big Shot Special Edition is an exception to that rule. The operator decided to take its popular daily Big Shot tournament to a whole new level and offer a massive prize pool at a very affordable buy-in level.
The Big Shot Special Edition was first announced back in August, with Day 1 flights starting on September 2 and running all the way through September 27—that’s in two days’ time. And there looks like there will be huge value for all players who enter .
With only a few flights remaining, a total of 5550 runners have entered so far, with 886 making their way to Day 2. That’s total buy-ins collected thus far of just $550,000 —just 55% of the $1 million guaranteed. Estimated Turnout Suggests Shortfall Could be 25%
By our count, there have been 38 Day 1 flights so far—that’s an average of 146 entries per tournament.
There are seven Day 1 flights remaining . If the same rate of players enter these last flights, it would mean 1022 joining—*taking the total to 6572 total runners.*
If that were to happen, it means just $657,200 in prize money collected, an overlay $342,800 . That equates to $52.16 of value for each of those who entered the tournament, a discount of almost 50% on the $109 price of the ticket.
Of course, it is likely that more players will enter this tournament when they start to realize just how much value there is available. But even if these tournaments get double the participation of flights so far, that’s still only around 7500 runners, a 25% shortfall. Remaining Day 1 Events
There’s also some big guaranteed satellites and freerolls coming up —see details below. It seems around 800 seats will be given away through these routes, so that could take total […]
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