DraftKings has been one of the leaders in both sports betting and US online casino for years but has not delved into the realm of online poker until now. That’s all changed, as the first-ever DraftKings online poker game just launched at DraftKings MI, and it’s called Electric Poker!
Electric Poker is a player-vs-player poker game available in the DraftKings MI casino lobby that resembles PokerStars Spin and GO or WSOP’s Blast Poker. Each game involves three players and a chance to win a massive 10,000x multiplier on your buying.
Electric Poker is already deployed in the DraftKings MI lobby, and you can play it by logging into the client if you already have an account. If you don’t, head over to DraftKings and sign up for your chance to play online poker against probably the softest player pool in the world at this moment.
Electric Poker in a Nutshell
- Electric Poker available in DraftKings MI casino lobby
- 3-handed jackpot SNGs
- $1, $5, $10, and $25 buyins offered
- Multipliers between 2x and 10,000x
- First-ever player-vs-player poker game from DK
DraftKings Finally Launches Real Money Poker
For the longest time, poker fans were wondering why one of the biggest igaming operators in most states was not involved in US online poker and whether such a day would ever come.
The day is finally here for players in Michigan, who can now play real money poker at DraftKings, although the game is currently in its experimental phases.
For the time being, Electric Poker at DraftKings is its only player-vs-player poker game but according to pokerfuse that could all change in the future, as DraftKings is looking to expand its offer to new games and new states.
“We understand that there are other poker variants and features you may be interested in and this is just the beginning,” DraftKings stated. “At DraftKings our customers are the core of what we do and we are excited about the possibility of bringing you a variety of options in the future.”
What Is Electric Poker?
If you have ever played a Spin and GO at PokerStars or BLAST at WSOP.com, you should be pretty familiar with the concept of Electric Poker, although DraftKings did add some twists to the idea.
In either case, each game of Electric Poker involved three players, who are randomly seated together after buying in at the same Electric Poker buyin level. Before the game starts, the software randomly assigns the reward players are playing for, which can be 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, 10x, or even up to 10,000x if you get really lucky!
Once the multiplier is selected, players start playing in a classic short-handed SNG format, with blinds going up every two minutes. After three to six levels, the game will enter Electric Mode, where players will be forced all-in every hand. This makes accumulating chips in the early levels that much more valuable.
The exciting new poker game is now offered at $1, $5, $10, and $25 buyin levels, which means everyone will have a chance to try it out and some huge jackpots will be up for grabs in the coming weeks.
What’s Next for DraftKings Online Poker?
For now, DraftKings players in Michigan can log into the casino lobby and play Electric Poker, but many other developments could be coming in the near future.
The operator has developed an in-house software that looks good and allows players to register for up to four Electric Poker games at the same time, suggesting plenty of time and effort was invested into building the player-vs-player poker framework.
Should DraftKings decide to dedicate significant resources to online poker in the future, we could be looking at launches in other states where online poker is legal, with the operator already having an active online casino platform in all of them except Nevada.
States like Connecticut and West Virginia could even see DraftKings become the first operator to launch real money online poker games, as such games are technically legal in the two states but no operator has launched a platform just yet.
In either case, the launch of Electric Poker is a huge development in the US online poker scene, as the country’s biggest igaming operator expresses interest in real money poker in Michigan and beyond.
