Top line: “French online poker leader Winamax has kicked off the new year with the largest edition of its flagship tournament festival, Winamax Series.”
Key takeaways: Its 29th installment shares the record in the European market with PokerStars, which hosted its €20 million Winter Series in 2018-19.
The buy-in range is wider than in the past, starting at €2 and, for the first time, going up to €2000.
With just under 200 tournaments on the slate, the average guarantee per tournament exceeds €100,000 for the first time.
Top line: “France’s leading regulated online poker room Winamax is currently running its long-established and ultra-popular King 5 promotion.”
Key takeaways: French leading regulated online poker room Winamax is currently running its long-established and ultra-popular King 5 promotion.
King 5 is a team-based competition format where 300 teams share guaranteed prize money of €200,000.
Winamax has been successfully running this competition since 2008.
This year, despite the uncertainties around the WSOP taking place this Summer, thousands of players have flocked to qualify. Winamax Celebrates 300 Million Expresso Tournaments (March 2021) Top line: “French global operator Winamax is celebrating its 300 millionth Expresso tournament this month with a special promotion.”Key takeaways: On average, three Expressos have been dealt every second, every day over the last year. Gold bars are being dropped every 10,000 tables, multiplying players’ prize pools in the run-up to the big milestone. The more players play on Expresso tables between Gold bar drops, the higher their multiplier will be. Top line: “The 30th installment of the French operator’s flagship Winamax Series is in the books. By all accounts, it was a great success.”Key takeaways: With 12 days of play and €21 million guaranteed over 199 tournaments, the series finishes with €28,640,448 in prize money. It makes it the operator’s most successful tournament series in its history as never before this prize money has been paid in a single festival. Hold-Up: Winamax Launches New Cash Drop Promotion at Fast-Fold Tables (April 2021) Top line: “French and Spanish online poker market leader Winamax has become the latest operator to introduce a “cash drop” feature, […]
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