JackPoker Went Nuclear – Weekend Recap

From Big Bang to Nuclear, last weekend JackPoker flexed its cosmic muscles again and hosted multiple low buy-in high GTD poker tournaments. The series that stole the show was the Nuclear 4S 2024, but players also took part in various Big Jack tournaments that offered the biggest prize pools during the weekend.

As Nuclear 4S Series heats up towards the $44 Main Event with $44K GTD on the line, played on 3rd of March, here’s a short action recap from the last weekend.

Almost Halfway Nuclear 4S But Not Quite

There’s still plenty of poker tournaments left in the Nuclear 4S Series, and we are just nearing the halfway point. In total, Nuclear 4s includes 117 events, plus the Mini Main and the Main Event, and this morning the series finished its event #40 – $10 buy-in $4,500 GTD tournament. 

Before Event #40, the weekend saw multiple Nuclear 4S poker tournaments where buy-ins ranged from $1 to $10 and prize pools from $2,000 GTD to over $7,000 GTD. As expected, the attendance was higher than in regular weekly tournaments. Players truly came to play, and this was evident when the total re-buys were announced.

Nuclear 4S Event #35 – $6 Buy-in NLHE

• Total Buy-ins: 472
• Total Prize Pool: $2,548.80
• 4h 14mins

Nuclear 4S Event #36 – $1 Buy-In NLHE

• Total buy-ins: 680, Total addons: 1,682, Total re-buys: 680
• Total Prize Pool: $2,703.60
• Duration: 5h 19mins

Nuclear 4S Event #37 – $7 Buy-in NLHE

• Total Buy-ins: 1,187
• Total Prize Pool: $7,478.10
• Duration: 4h 32mins

Nuclear 4S Event #38 – $10 Buy-in NLHE Bounty

• Total Buy-ins: 695
• Total Prize Pool: $6,255
• Duration: 4h 37mins

Nuclear 4S Event #39 – $5 Buy-in NLHE

• Total Buy-ins 680
• Total Prize Pool: $3,060
• Duration: 4h 23mins

Nuclear 4S Event #40 – $10 Buy-in NLHE

• Total Buy-ins: 476
• Total Prize Pool: $4,500
• Duration: 4h 14mins

Sunday Jacks Got The Money

Even though the Nuclear 4S Series and its events were, on average, at least 6 times more popular than the regular weekly tournaments, the Sunday Jacks had the biggest prize pools.

The weekly schedule featured multiple Sunday Jack tournaments, where the Sunday Jack High Roller and Sunday BigJack Special had $20,000 GTD and $12,000 GTD Prize Pools.

Sunday BigJack Special

$77 Sunday BigJack Special $12,000 GTD was not as popular as last week but still the tournament reached total 159 entrants. Battle lasted little over 5 hours until the winner “boomkart2” overpowered the challengers and took home $3,240 first prize.

Sunday Jack High Roller

Sunday Jack High Roller featured a $20 000 GTD prize pool and to participate in the tournament cost $200 buy-in. Total 104 players took up the challenge, which was a good number, considering the BigJack Special with $77 buy-in reached 159 buy-ins.

This is a possible sign that players have stepped up their game and advanced tier higher in buy-ins because before this weekend these two levels have been further away in total buy-ins. I am not that surprised because many players have won good money from the Nuclear 4S Series and other tournaments.

Sunday Jack 24

One of the most popular weekly tournaments was the $24 buy-in Sunday Jack 24 that boasted a $8,000 GTD prize pool. The buy-in/GTD -ratio in this tournament matches that with the Nuclear 4S, so it is not just the special tournament series that offer low buy-in high GTDs at JackPoker. 

When money is good and buy-ins are very affordable, players tend to take up the challenge and this was so also in this weekend’s Sunday Jack 24 with 342 total buy-ins. Though I do wonder why the number of total buy-ins was not any higher because it is one of the best JackPoker tournaments out there and Nuclear 4S tournaments on average have way more participants and at the same time number of High Rollers is on the rise…

That’s all for now. Keep going Nuclear, I know I will!

Enjoy the games poker people!