Winter Festival Finale, Bot Bans, $1M Cash Game Pot & High Stakes Changes

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The Winter Festival heads into its final stretch. Three Main Events fire up this Sunday, boosted $15,000 CoinRaces have 10 days left, and the $100,000 Winter Masters Leaderboards are still wide open. 

We’ll also chat about high-stakes cash game changes, a major bot crackdown, and Kayhan Mokri involved in another $1M+ pot.

Read about it all here, then get the password for our Newsletter Freeroll.

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📣 High-Stakes Update:
Personalized Rewards & 6-Max Tables

For cash games at $25/$50 and above, we’re introducing Personalized Rewards.

Most poker reward systems rely on generalized rakeback models. We take a different approach. We recognise the crucial role individual action players play in creating, sustaining, and growing high-stakes games.

Action players will be fairly compensated and rewarded to make sure the games are sustainable long-term.

Table Size & Rake Adjustments

At $25/$50 and higher stakes, all 7-max tables will transition to 6-max.

We are also introducing new NLH rake caps:

▫️ 0.5 BB for heads-up play
▫️ 0.6 BB with 3 or more players

These caps are designed to strike a balance. They allow players of all levels to remain profitable while enabling us to properly reward those who drive action and keep games running.

For games without action players, the effective rake will be significantly reduced, as there’s no need to cover additional rewards.

A Balanced Ecosystem

Our goal is long-term balance, transparency, and sustainability. We commit to the following principles:

▫️ VIP players are rewarded generously for playing in tough lineups, at a rate that keeps the games enjoyable and sustainable.
▫️ Our games will always be clearly beatable for players. This is a standard we hold ourselves to, and if we misjudge something, we are committed to working with the community to find solutions.
▫️ We aim to maintain a fair balance between rake revenue for the platform and win potential for professional players.

Personalized Rewards are designed to ensure every player has a fair chance to win, while keeping high-stakes games healthy and active.

Thank You For Your Support & Feedback!

This initiative is still at an early stage and challenging to get right. We expect to learn along the way, and community feedback and suggestions are actively encouraged and taken seriously.

We understand that players can be concerned when platforms appear to not hear them.

Poker is their livelihood, and we respect that. This is not our approach. Games on CoinPoker will always be beatable, and we hold ourselves accountable to that standard. You can rely on CoinPoker as your long-term home for online poker.

This solution is not perfect yet. Adjustments will be made, many of them based on player feedback. These changes are a necessary starting point, and we will continue to make meaningful improvements over time.

More details will be shared soon. To check your eligibility, email [email protected]

For full details on table fees, please see CoinPoker’s rake guide.

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Rewards for High Stakes Pros 

We love poker, and the players who elevate it. So, CoinPoker doesn’t only support action players, but also the professionals who transform poker into an art form. We’re happy to reward these skilled competitors. 

Beyond providing fair, safe tables, we offer these pros lucrative rewards that surpass our normal rakeback. CoinPoker’s team customizes these additional benefits for games at $25/$50 or above.

This is our player-first approach in action, and it’s why we’re the trusted platform for high-stakes clashes.

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⛄ 3 Winter Festival Main Events This Sunday

This Sunday at 18:05 UTC, all Winter Festival Main Events take place at once: 

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

This is your chance to land a huge score before the series wraps up on January 26.

The $100,000 Winter Masters Leaderboards are still very much in play. Keep in mind that your best 10 results count, with 20% extra points for registering before the tournament starts.

In the overall ranking, Yafish continues to set the pace with 7 wins and a series-best $42,608 won. The biggest single cash so far belongs to Darky012, who banked $26,478 in Event #127-H: $150 CoinMasters Bitcoin Event.

Three Main Events and the $100K leaderboards. One last chance to change the story. 

See you on Sunday.

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🔥 $3K Winter Masters Instagram Giveaway

The giveaway is already live on our Instagram and runs until January 23. $3,000 is up for grabs in CoinMasters BITCOIN Event tickets.

How to enter in 10 seconds:

• Follow CoinPoker on Instagram
• Repost the CoinPoker IG reel
• Tag 2 friends
• Comment your CoinPoker username

Low effort. Real tickets. Great value for the Winter Masters. 

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🚨 Boosted CoinRaces: Only 10 Days Left

Quick reminder for the cash game grinders: There are only 10 days left in the Boosted CoinRaces.

Until February 1, every 4-hour leaderboard runs at 25% extra value, increasing the daily prize pool from $12K to $15K.

The leaderboards reset every four hours, which means active players can win more, more often. No need to play marathon sessions. Short, well-timed grinds also pay.

If you’re already playing cash, this is free value on top. If you’ve been sitting out, now’s a good time to jump back in before the boost wraps up. 

JOIN BOOSTED COINRACES

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📢 CoinPoker Bot Crackdown: $156K Refunded

Quick but very important update on game integrity.

Following a recent investigation, 98 bot accounts were permanently banned, and $156,446 was refunded directly to affected players.

No PR spin. The money came straight from confiscated bot balances and went back where it belongs.

Bots exist everywhere in online poker. What matters is how sites respond. Our stance hasn’t changed: ban early, ban quickly, and protect the games. 

That’s why the games on CoinPoker feel more human and why regs keep telling us they trust playing here.

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💰 Kayhan Mokri Wins Another $1M+ Pot 

Kayhan Mokri has been dominating the CoinPoker high-stakes cash game recently. Only a few days ago, he won a huge $1,075,962 pot against cardsforfun, and now he has done it again! Another seven-figure pot added to the resume.

A tough new challenger showed up in the CoinPoker lobby under the name ATAKA, widely rumored to be online legend Trueteller. The biggest stakes, no backing down. Exactly the kind of heads-up battle the railbirds want to see.

It didn’t take long for the two to clash in a massive pot. At $2,500/$5,000, more than 100 big blinds went in preflop in a classic coin flip, and they ran it once.

Kayhan spiked the ace on the turn and took down the $1,023,845 pot. The question remains: can anyone stop Kayhan? Perhaps it will be LLinusLLove, who was spotted at the high stakes heads-up tables this week, waiting for challengers from NL20K up to NL500K.

Giselle54 took the challenge on our $200/$400 PLO5 tables, and it appears they walked away with a huge profit. After a short session on two tables, Giselle54 sat out with over $400,000. 

During the match, there was an interesting hand where Giselle value bet the river (thinking they held the nut straight), but it looks like a classic misread. 

The board was J♦7♦A♠9♥K♠. Kayhan had turned the Jack-high straight, but the K♠ on the river threatened it. Giselle54 sent out a pot size bet of $19,000, and Kayhan typed “Show me Q♦T♦.”

But Kayhan called anyway, and took down a huge pot.

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🪙 Exclusive CoinMasters Leaders Interview:
Meet Symmetry & GamblersFallacy

Two grinders are setting the CoinMasters pace: Symmetry and GamblersFallacy. They’re the only players to collect five unique Coins, putting them just two wins away from the Championship Final Table. 

We’re proud to share our exclusive interview with the CoinMasters leaders.

Both stories start early. GamblersFallacy fell in love with poker at 16, grinding live events from 18 onward. Symmetry started back in college, intensively studying strategy long before the trophies came. Different paths, same mindset.

Symmetry was first to five, locking it up in the $11 DOGE Asia, while GamblersFallacy answered back with a win in the $100 PENGU. And when it comes to CoinMasters, both agree: it’s about playing for wins, not ladders.

GamblersFallacy:
“I stopped trying to ladder and started playing for the win. That’s when the Coins came.”

They also praise what makes CoinMasters different: real glory.

Symmetry:
“Winning here means more than money. Seeing your name in the newsletter or on the leaderboard is priceless.”

Their advice to the players? Don’t give up. Variance cuts both ways, and one heater can change everything. 

Smart game selection helps too, especially CoinMasters Asia events, where smaller fields mean bigger edges.

Symmetry: 
“If possible, always play the $88 and $22 CoinMasters Asia events, as the fields are smaller. Also, the competitors are tougher on the regular $25 and $100 events, as it is peak time, so all the regs are in there.“

Over $14.5M was already paid out from CoinMasters, and there’s still plenty of time to secure the final prizes. But right now, Symmetry and GamblersFallacy are the ones everyone’s chasing.

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🪙 CoinMasters Update:
Lecomsi & KingRecaredo Hit Four Coins

Big news in the CoinMasters series! 

Lecomsi shipped the $100 PEPE for $5,557.46, while KingRecaredo won the $25 DOGE for $2,358.61. Both locked up their fourth unique Coins.

That brings the group with four CoinMasters Coins to eight players, and the pressure is officially on.

CoinMasters Winners (Past Week)

• Lecomsi won his 4th unique coin in the $100 PEPE for $5,557 
• KingRecaredo also added his 4th coin in the $25 DOGE worth $2,358 
• SOCunALEATORI won his first coin in the $122 BITCOIN Asia for $11,529
• Darky012 took down the $150 BITCOIN for a whopping $26,478 together with his first coin
• Yafish won two coins within one week in the $88 PEPE-ASIA and $22 SHIBA-ASIA 

CoinMasters Standings

• 5 Coins: 2 players
• 4 Coins: 8 players
• 3 Coins: 14 players
• 2 Coins: 84 players
• 1 Coin: Over 500 players

Top Tournaments This Sunday

• $150 CoinMasters – Bitcoin, $150K GTD — 17:05 UTC
• $122 CoinMasters Asia – Bitcoin, $60K GTD — 13:38 UTC
• $200 Sunday Special, $50K GTD — 18:05 UTC
• $500 Sunday Main Event, $75K GTD — 19:05 UTC
• $15 Sunday Cup, $10K GTD — 19:05 UTC

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