❄️ $8M GTD Winter Masters, Boosted CoinRaces & $5K Giveaway

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🚨 The $8M GTD Winter Masters Starts Tomorrow

The Winter Masters Series starts tomorrow and is the clear centerpiece of the Winter Festival. From January 8–26, the festival’s ultimate highlight is finally here.

Now is the time to get involved if you haven’t done so yet! Huge guarantees, three main events, and multiple ways to run it up.

Winter Masters Overview

• $8,000,000 GTD across multiple formats
• $150,000 GTD from boosted CoinMasters BITCOIN Event
• $100,000 Winter Masters Leaderboards, best 10 results count
• $22,000 in Second Chance Flipouts, paid in cash
• Mega Satellites now live at 13:05, 18:05, and 21:05 UTC
• Increased GTDs across multiple Sunday events

Winter Masters Main Events

Our Main Events of the Winter Masters start on January 25 at 18:05 UTC:

Date & Time	Tournament Name	Buy-In	Guarantee
Jan 25 at 18:05 UTC	$15 MAIN EVENT	$15	$20,000
Jan 25 at 18:05 UTC	$75 MAIN EVENT	$75	$75,000
Jan 25 at 18:05 UTC	$500 MAIN EVENT	$500	$250,000

View the entire tournament schedule under the Winter Masters part of the Winter Festival page.

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🎁 Winter Masters Series: $5K Social Media Giveaway

We’re giving away $5,000 in tournament tickets during the Winter Masters Series, split across two weeks.

If you’re already scrolling, you might as well pick up some extra EV. Entries reset weekly, so each period gives you a fresh shot.

📅 $5K Social Media Giveaway Schedule

• Jan 8–16: $2,000 in $25 Winter Masters tickets
• Jan 19–23: $3,000 in $150 CoinMasters BITCOIN Event tickets

Low effort. Real tickets. Extra EV for the series.

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🚀 Boosted CoinRaces: $15K Daily Until Feb 1

From now through February 1, CoinRaces run at 25% extra value. The daily prize pool jumps from $12,000 to $15,000, adding more money to every 4-hour cash game leaderboard.

That boost delivers over $100,000 in extra cash during the promotion, pushing the total CoinRaces prize pools to $550,000.

If you’re playing NLH, PLO, or 5-Card PLO cash games, you get six leaderboard resets every day.

Short sessions still matter, and marathon grinds aren’t required.

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🔥 $13,500 Nik Airball Giveaway — PAID OUT

Nik Airball delivered. After winning $1,350,000 from the Million Dollar Game on Hustler Casino Live, Nik gave away 1%, worth $13,500, to the CoinPoker community.

All players who signed up and deposited using code AIRBALL in December have now been credited directly to their CoinPoker accounts. 

This has now been officially confirmed by the Coinpoker team and Nik Airball:

I just got confirmation from the CoinPoker team that all depositors who used code AIRBALL have been credited to their accounts!!

Big thank you to CoinPoker for giving away 1% of my winnings from Hustler's MDG💯

If you signed up and deposited using my code make sure to check…

— Nik Airball (Code AIRBALL) (@nikairball) January 5, 2026

Used code AIRBALL in December? Check your balance; the money should already be there.

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🎥 CoinPoker YouTube: BenaBadBeat Interview

Our latest CoinPoker YouTube video is live. Ben Raven (aka BenaBadBeat) joins Martin Rose, “The Voice of the Pros,” for a straight-up conversation about life as a poker pro.

From high-stakes cash games to the mental swings, this one will resonate with anyone who plays online poker cash games.

Who is BenaBadBeat?

Ben Raven, aka “BenaBadBeat”, is a high-stakes cash game pro and respected content creator.

Known for his honesty around variance and mindset, he shares the real ups and downs of poker in his content. At the same time, he openly explores the balance between poker life and mental health.

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📢 Fast & Furious Tables: Maintenance Update

Quick heads-up for everyone grinding Fast & Furious. The tables are currently under maintenance on both our app and web platform.

Fast and Furious will be back as soon as everything is running smoothly, and we’ll let you know the moment the game is live again.

Thank you for your patience, and see you back at the tables shortly.

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🪙 Weekly CoinMasters & Tournaments Update

Another busy week at the tables, with CoinMasters Coins finding new owners and the Sunday schedule delivering as usual. 

Symmetry and GamblersFallacy still hold the top spot in CoinMasters with 5 unique coins each. If either one wins two more tournaments (one more Gold Coin and one more Silver Coin), the final countdown begins.

Here’s what stood out last week.

CoinMasters Winners

• Krabsss took down the $88 PENGU-ASIA for $2,110, locking up a second unique coin
• Vegemite shipped the $122 BITCOIN Asia for $11,351, earning their first coin
• petted293 won the $150 BITCOIN Event for $25,744 and their first coin
• Carthor grabbed the $22 SHIBA-ASIA for $950, adding a second coin
• Kreksas won the $88 FLOKI-ASIA for $2,656, also their second unique coin

Current CoinMasters Leaderboard

As 2026 begins, nearly 450 players hold one unique CoinMasters Coin.

Here’s how the top of the CoinMasters Leaderboard looks:

• 5 unique coins – 2 players
• 4 unique coins – 6 players
• 3 unique coins – 14 players
• 2 unique coins – 78 players

Sunday Majors Winners

On the last day of the week, we’re running Sunday Specials and handing out our biggest guarantees. Here are just a few of the big winners.

• Astaghfirullah won the $200 Sunday Special for $10,045
• LelouchLamperouge took the $500 Sunday Main Event HR for $19,786
• CharIes1 shipped the $50 Sunday Main Event for $4,530
• Kerberus94 won the $5 Mini Sunday Main Event for $405

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👀 Upcoming Tournaments to Watch Out For

If you’re planning the next grind, these are the tournaments worth circling in your calendar:

• WMS-H #5:$100 CoinPoker 6-Max Kickoff $20K GTD (Thu 15.05 UTC)
• WMS-H #8: $500 Thursday Polar Hunt HR PKO $40K GTD (Thu 18:05 UTC)
• WMS-H #45: $500 Sunday Primetime HR Classic Main $75K GTD (Sun 19:05 UTC)
• $150 CoinMasters – BITCOIN, $150K GTD (Sun 17:05 UTC)
• $122 CoinMasters Asia – BITCOIN, $60K GTD (Sun 13:38 UTC)
• $200 Sunday Special, $50K GTD (Sun 18:05 UTC)
• $500 Sunday Main Event, $75K GTD (Sun 19:05 UTC)
• $15 Sunday Cup, $10K GTD (Sun 19:05 UTC)

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📢 The 3 Funniest CoinPoker X Posts This Week

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🎉 Newsletter Freeroll: $300 Prize Pool for Readers

We’re starting the year by giving something back to the people who read this newsletter. This Friday, we’re running a $300 password-protected freeroll exclusively for our newsletter readers.

No buy-in. No tricks. Just a clean shot at tournament tickets.

Freeroll details:

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🗣️ Your Voice Matters: Help Us Improve

This newsletter should be worth opening every time. If there’s something you want more or less of, we want to know.

Strategy content, freerolls, promos, community stories, hand breakdowns, or ideas we haven’t explored yet.

Everything is on the table. Give us your thoughts!

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🧠 Poker Strategy That Actually Helps at the Tables

If your goal for 2026 is to play better poker, CoinPoker’s free strategy section is a good place to start. The content is practical, easy to digest, and built around real situations.

A few recommended reads:

• Rebuy Poker: How it Works in Tournaments and Cash Games
• Understanding Poker Ranges: Charts, Types, and Strategy to Dominate Your Opponents
• PKO Poker Guide: Progressive Knockout MTT Rules and Strategy
• Poker Cheat Sheet: Your Complete Reference Guide

No filler. Just great strategy advice you can apply right away.

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Thanks for being part of the CoinPoker community. We wish you a Happy New Year and a strong start to 2026, both on and off the tables.

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