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JackPoker Weekend Recap #2 – Winter Elf Series Main Events and More 

JackPoker Weekend Recap #2 – Winter Elf Series Main Events and More 

The second weekend of 2024 at JackPoker featured two interesting Main Events as the Winter Elf Series concluded, alongside several other winter warming tournaments. The action was mostly centered around low and mid-level buy-ins, offering good opportunities for new and older players JackPoker has managed to attract with its lucrative poker bonuses, cash games, and tournament options – all targeted perfectly for low-mid buy-in players. 

While there may not be much high roller action here, for semi-active poker enthusiasts like myself, $5 – $50 buy-in tournaments, just like the ones offered by Winter Elf Series, are a perfect passtime to earn some extra money and refine my skills for the bigger tables. Unfortunately, I could not join the action this time, but if you are interested (like myself), here’s a short recap of what went down at JackPoker during the weekend! 

Winter Elf Series Main Event & Mini Main Event 

The Winter Elf Series Main Event with a $50 buy-in and total prize pool of $37835 was played last evening/night between 9:30 pm and 4:45 am. 

The number of buy-ins was a shocking 827, considering that the daily maximum on their platform is, on average, around 1500–2000 players. 

For the top 100 players, the tough grind was totally worth it when, during those seven drooling hours, they managed to at least double their money. For the Top players, the Elf Series Main Event meant a real payday when that $50 ($100 with a re-entry) investment was turned into minimum over $400. 

The biggest winners of this bounty tournament were the top 5 players who all managed to win over $1,000 dollars. The tournament winner, TomDanicold, managed to hunt bounties for himself worth over $3,800, and when combined with the first prize of $3,725.99, his personal payday totaled $7,525.99. I bet Tomdanicold is happy for the re-entry. 

The second-best player, Winnero2, didn’t need re-entries and managed to win a total of $2,388.31 dollars, of which $450.79 was from the bounties. 

Here’s the Top 10 Players of Winter Elf Series Main Event:

PLACEPLAYERPRIZEBOUNTYTOTAL PRIZE
1.TomDanicold$3,725.99$3,800$7,525.99
2.Winnero2$1,937.52$450.79$2,388.31
3.Axerte1404$1,308.24$357.04$1,665.28
4.PATYU$977.04$517.19$1,494.23
5.Hnogueira$794.88$338.28$1,133.16
6.Onerjg22$612.72$199.22$811.94
7.oCaracoll$430.56$90.63$521.19
8.Cleen66Z$314.64$85.94$400.58
9.MountuGUT78$248.40$260.93$509.33
10.bionico$198.72$259.37$458.09

The other Main Event – $10 Winter Elf Series Mini Main, was even more popular. This should not be a surprise when the guarantee was set to $10,000, making it one of the best low buy-in / GTD bounty tournaments ever played at JackPoker. 

Jack Bonus Bonanza 100 

The Sunday night crawlers had their fill during the Jack Bonus Bonanza tournament finals that were part of the Jack Freeroll Festival, meaning they had the chance to play in these for free! The biggest of these – Jack Bonus Bonanza 100 boasted an impressive $15,000 prize pool that was credited to the winners as “INSTACASH.” Instacash is a form of JackPoker bonus money that can only be used in cash games until the wagering requirement is met, and it then becomes real money in your account. 

For some, this is a no-go, but around 100 players answered the call, and when all was said and done, Jack Bonus Bonanza 100 had total 115 buy-ins. 

Here’s Top 5 Players and Prizes of Jack Bonus Bonanza 100: 

PLACEPLAYERPRIZE
1.DuskGot0o$3,750
2.Petker3mou$2,325
3.maniMymy$1,185
4.HerrFrey$1,035
5.Loopeymam$885

NOTE: Jack Bonus Bonanza tournaments are daily tournaments at JackPoker, and only the Freeroll Festival tournaments have the prize pool credited as InstantCash. So, if you want to play there in the near future, most likely the winnings will be paid in real money rather than InstantCash bonus money. 

JackPoker Bonus Bonanza tournaments

Other tournaments were regular tournaments from the weekly schedule where buy-ins range from low to high roller, and prize pools range from $600 to $10,000. 

Congrats for all winners. Keep on grinding!