Hugo

What is Hugo?

Ours is a niche industry, but it is a wonderful and welcoming one, and Calvin Ayre has been a huge part of the poker industry in my time, too. The name has opened doors, helped me speak to some of the biggest and best poker players from around the globe.  

Recent articles have been just important in bringing you, poker fans, the latest news, features that cut to the heart, diamond, spade and club of each issue and hopefully, entertaining you. While to some, the future of online poker is the most vital discussion point, others would like to know what it takes to quit their job and become a professional player.  

There have been many uplifting elements to writing about poker through a global pandemic, as odd as those words must feel to read and certainly are to write. From inspirational quotes to motivate players who are just joining or continue to love the game to what could help players turn pro as an alternative to more difficult careers to sustain (they do exist!), it has genuinely been a job I have treasured and I hope you have enjoyed the content that I and the incredible Calvin Ayre content team have been able to bring you during the past 18 months or so.  

What is Hugo?

One notable omission for an experienced audience is the lack of a bonus buy, meaning the combined feature modes must be earned through the crystal collection system rather than purchased. That decision keeps the anticipation tied to the meters filling; it also lengthens the runway to the slot’s most rewarding states.

Triple Beasts of Fortune reflects Play’n GO’s continued reliance on high-frequency releases built on recognizable mechanical templates rather than one-off experiments. The studio has long favored feature-led iterations, and here it reworks the familiar buffalo-style expanding-reels format by making its bonus rounds combinable.

The slot’s headline figures place it firmly in the studio’s high-volatility bracket, with a 30,000x max win and a standard 96% default RTP. Those numbers matter mainly as positioning. They signal a top-heavy payout profile in which most of the potential is reserved for the layered feature states rather than base-game play.

How to play Hugo

While Playtech has backed its Black Cube investigation Evolution slammed it as a “smear campaign”, and has strongly refuted the claims made, citing them as “highly inflammatory and knowingly false”.

As the case rumbles through court, a key piece of evidence, meant to support Evolution’s defence was a report carried out by specialist gaming advisors Spectrum Gaming Capital. It analysed Evolution’s operations and was meant to counter the damning Black Cube report.

However, until very recently the report was kept confidential by Evolution, as it contained commercially sensitive material, the supplier said.