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PokerStars France offers three-max, hyper-turbo, lottery-style Spin & Go's at a number of buy-in levels starting from €1 to €100 where players can win as much as 10,000-times their buy-in. Players from around the globe can play on PokerStars France, as long as they aren't in a restricted country and feature a ecu bank account.

According to the PokerStars Blog, a Russian player with the charismatic screenname "SolidPenis" recently won a life-changing sum of €250,000 in a €25 Spin & Go on July 22 while streaming survive his aKTepnopHo Twitch account.

Since the stream was in Russian, PokerStars Team Online Pro Mikhail “innerpsy’ Shalamov took it upon himself to relate in English in a 12-minute video all of the experience.

The odds are very steep to play within the highest prize pool in Spin & Go's on PokerStars France. On the €25 buy-in level, only one in 250,000 games launch off with a €300,000 prize pool which awards €250,000 to the winner and €25,000 to both second and third place finishers.

The reactions by "SolidPenis" in the course of the stream were just as many would react in the event that they were playing the highest prize. At first, it seems that he was in shock sharing together with his viewers, "It can’t happen. It’s not happening for real?"

The Russian player makes some folds that Shalamov admits are uncommon in Spin & Go's for lower prizes including when he folded a straight when he was raised all-in by his low-stacked opponent who possibly nailed a flush when a 3rd diamond spiked the river.

Just before the general hand is dealt, Shalamov shares, "THAT MAY BE only a solid performance from 'SolidPenis'." Shortly thereafter, his opponent "DFDNFH?" shoves all-in for about 10 big blinds which "SolidPenis" calls with with about 27 big blinds. "DFDNFH?" turns over making him a nearly 70 percent favorite to win the hand.

When the flop came out , the chances for "SolidPenis" to win the hand went right down to about 20 percent although he gained two outs with the or at the turn or river giving him a straight. That may be exactly what happened at the turn when the appeared at the turn giving "SolidPenis" a straight and reworking his hand from an enormous underdog right into a greater than 77 percent favorite to win the hand.

"SolidPenis" was capable of avoid any of the cards that may give his opponent a full-house when the harmless spiked the river and awarding him the highest prize of €250,000.

His reaction at the win is simply priceless as he's in complete shock. "SolidPenis" shares together with his Twitch viewers that, "I'VE no words," before also stating, "What important thing am i able to say at this moment? Be kind to everyone, believe in love, and that i won’t say I deserved it or didn’t deserve it."

History is Made!

The €250,000 or almost $278,000 that "SolidPenis" hauled in for his victory, marks a brand new record for the volume won in online poker while streaming. The former record was set a couple of months ago when American poker refugee Doug "WCG|Rider" Polk shipped the Mountain Series — $700 Kilimanjaro, NL Hold'em, $750K Gtd for an enormous haul of $162,952 while streaming live to tell the tale Twitch.

Get Unlucky? Win Free Spin & Go Tickets on PokerStars France

Players must get really lucky to play for the highest prizes Spin & Go's offer. Among the time, players may be playing for just the minimum 2-times the buy-in in a winner-takes-all format.

With this in mind, PokerStars France is hosting a promotion aptly named Get Unlucky, where players are awarded Spin & Go tickets only for playing for the minimum prize pool these games offer. Players must opt right into a daily challenge, then play in an unlucky 13 Spin & Go's with the minimum prize awarded within a period of 24 hours to receive a free ticket to a Spin & Go together with the similar buy-in.

Lead image courtesy of the PokerStars Blog.

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