James James23C Carmichael Becomes First partypoker SPINS Millionaire

partypoker crowned their first-ever SPINS millionaire this week as British player James James23C Carmichael landed the monster $1million jackpot from his $5 SPINS buy-in!

Then Holy Grail of the fast-paced, three-handed partypoker spin and go game appeared on Tuesday evening, James looking on in shock as the 240,000x SPINS multiplier was triggered.

That meant that he would be fighting it out for the biggest jackpot in online poker - $1million -  with tablemates nilverlobo of Peru and elielalbiter from Mexico, with $100,000 guaranteed for the two ‘unlucky’ ones!

A hyped-up Carmichael vaguely recalls busting nilverlobo while holding pocket aces, at which point he thought:

“I might actually do this!”

 A few quick phone calls to friends for support on his amazing poker SPINS journey, and it was heads-up against Mexico’s elielalbiter for the win.

What happened next would change his life – change all the players’ lives in fact, the $100k each for second and third a huge amount for anyone.

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Nineteen hands into the mano-a-mano battle for the $1million and a classic race appeared, elielalbiter at risk…

James23C: K♦ 9♦

Elielalbiter: 6♥ 6♠

What came next was a brutal blow for the Brit…

Flop: 6♦ T♥ 4♦

…but that flush draw gave him hope…

Turn: 8♦

Now all he had to do was dodge the board pairing, or that case six…

River: K♣

…and Carmichael’s flush had somehow held up, securing him the $1,000,000 windfall!

“My life will never be the same again”, said James of his massive SPINS scoop, adding: “When I realised I was playing for the million I thought, what is going on?!”

For the partypoker SPINS reg who learned how to play poker properly at his university poker society in £5 and £10 games, and who sticks to predominantly low stakes tournaments on his favourite red diamond site, it was a momentous moment.

His phone has been “off the hook” with congratulatory messages from friends and family, and a Camp America holiday scheme trip due to last two months starting next week may well be extended now that money is no longer an issue.

First item on the new SPINS millionaire’s schedule is, naturally, celebrations with his nearest and dearest – and the future? Investing his windfall and continuing to play on partypoker of course!

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If you haven’t played partypoker’s SPINS yet, they are quickfire, three-handed Sit & Go jackpot-style tournaments, featuring partypoker’s random multiplier that determines the prize pool before a card has been dealt. The multiplier ranges from 2x the buy-in, all the way up to 240,000x as seen in James’ $1million game. See here for more info on SPINS $1M jackpot games.