CoinPoker is a crypto-first poker room with high traffic, a distinct rewards system, and a very different feel compared to traditional sites.
This page is based on my own experience playing at CoinPoker and aims to give you a clear, honest picture of what to expect.
My take on CoinPoker
- It’s fun to play at CoinPoker and the value is good, but the software can be a bit buggy
- Highest traffic among crypto poker rooms
- Increased rake after the new software update
- The new Rewards are strong enough to offset the increased rake for the vast majority of players, but not super predictable
- Available Worldwide — with important caveats
- Overall value depends on game type and stakes, I have only played PLO low and mid personally
Rake Sructure
The rake for NLH and PLO at CoinPoker is the standard 5%. What changed in the recent update was the caps — the maximum amount taken from each pot.
Although the cap increases looked large — in some cases even doubling — the effective increase in rake is significantly smaller. Based on my own play over the past couple of months, I’ve seen roughly a 10–15% increase in rake in my PLO games. This will vary depending on stakes, table size, game type, and player style.
However, rake alone doesn’t tell the full story. CoinPoker’s rewards system has also changed significantly, and for many players the overall cost of playing (after rewards) can actually be lower. I’ll break that down in the next section.
In the table below I give the caps for NLH and PLO ring games. For more details, HU tables and other games visit the rake page at CoinPoker.
Rake Cap by Stakes and Player Count
NLH and PLO ring games - rake is 5%. Caps shown in big blinds (BB)
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| Stakes | 2 Players | 3–4 Players | 5+ Players |
|---|---|---|---|
| $0.01/$0.02 | 2.50 BB | 6.00 BB | 10.00 BB |
| $0.02/$0.05 | 2.60 BB | 6.00 BB | 10.00 BB |
| $0.05/$0.10 | 2.50 BB | 6.00 BB | 10.00 BB |
| $0.10/$0.25 | 2.00 BB | 4.80 BB | 8.00 BB |
| $0.25/$0.50 | 2.00 BB | 4.80 BB | 8.00 BB |
| $0.50/$1 | 1.25 BB | 3.00 BB | 5.00 BB |
| $1/$2 | 0.75 BB | 1.80 BB | 3.00 BB |
| $2/$5 | 0.40 BB | 0.96 BB | 1.60 BB |
| $5/$10 | 0.25 BB | 0.60 BB | 1.00 BB |
| $10/$20 | 0.19 BB | 0.45 BB | 0.75 BB |
| $20/$50 | 0.10 BB | 0.24 BB | 0.40 BB |
Rewards System
The CoinPoker rewards system for cashgames – CoinRewards – consists of three parts. The CoinRaces Leaderboards where the top 100-150 players are rewarded the same, the Infused Splash pots that randomly drop money in normal pots and a flat 15% rakeback. You can find more details on the Rewards page at CoinPoker.
When it comes to MTTs, my experience is limited. The 15% flat rakeback does apply, but beyond that the rewards structure is less clear. CoinPoker has mentioned additional incentives such as overlays and give away tickets, but these don’t seem to be as structured or predictable as the cash game rewards.
From what I’ve seen and heard, feedback from regular MTT players has been mixed, though I haven’t looked into it enough to make a strong judgment.
If MTTs are your main focus, I would recommend doing some additional research to understand how the current system affects your overall value.
Getting the Most out of the Rewards
Not all parts of the rewards system matter equally – Leaderboards are where most of the value comes from. The other parts add to it and Splash Pots are complex in their own way, but understanding – and consistently reaching – the leaderboards is key to maximizing your rakeback.
CoinRaces
CoinPoker provides a weekly prize pool of one million dollars to the leaderboards. This is divided between 8 races; micro, low, mid and high for both NLH and PLO. They renew every two hours, which means 96 races per day, 672 races per week.
There is no opt-in required and there is no limit to how many races you may enter or leaderboards you reach, consecutively or simultaneously. But keep in mind that they are separate so if you spread your playing across games and brackets it will make it harder to get in to the paid placements for each individual race.
Tiers and stakes
Choosing stakes within a tier affects how much you need to play to reach the leaderboard – playing the lowest stake in a tier means you need to put in more volume. Playing one table in one tier and one in another dilutes your volume over two races. See the tiers in the table below.
| Tier | Stakes |
|---|---|
| Micro | $0.01/$0.02 · $0.02/$0.05 |
| Low | $0.05/$0.10 · $0.10/$0.25 · $0.25/$0.50 |
| Mid | $0.50/$1 · $1/$2 · $2/$5 |
| High | $5/$10 · $10/$20 · $25/$50 |
How long to play
This does of course depend on tier, stakes and amount of tables but also time of the day plus it will change if traffic goes up or down. I mainly play PLO50 (top stake in low tier) and about 15 minutes at 4 tables is enough to reach the leaderboard. We can try to deduct time needed for the other stakes from that, but the best way is to give it a try. In practice it’s a lot easier to get paid that a classic rake race.
Watch out for getting your session split over two consecutive races, you may end up not reaching the leaderboard in either even if you would’ve had you played your whole session in one race window.
How am I doing
You can keep track of your current place by clicking the leaderboard icon in the top left corner of any table.
When to play
As mentioned this may change over time but to give you a hint I have collected statistics from the previous leaderboards that you can find here.
How much is the prize
All qualifying placements are paid the same rakeback %, but this changes from instance to instance, you can consult the statistics here to get an idea of what it might be. Overall it averages about 40% rakeback.
How is the Leaderboard prize paid out
At the end of each leaderboard prizes are paid out to the players’ Rewards accounts and can be transferred to the main wallet.
Infused Splash Pots
The Splash pots are funded by an extra fee on all eligible tables. The fee is 0.1bb and is taken out of every pot, even if there isn’t any flop. The money from the fees goes 100% back in to the splash pot payouts. On top of this CoinPoker add half a million dollars to the splash pools every week, this is what they call Infused Splash pots.
Which tables are eligible
The Splash pots are for cash games in NLH, PLO and All-In or Fold. The eligible tables have a golden treasure chest in the upper left corner, next to the leaderboard icon.
When does a Splash pot occur
The occurence of the Splash pots are randomized. When there is a Splash pot on your table you will see a large treasure chest animation in the middle of your table (very hard to miss) before the cards are dealt.
How large is a Splash pot
The size of each Splash pot is randomized and announced before the cards are dealt, at the end of the animation. Splash pots of 50bb or more are called Mega Splash pots and the felt of the table changes at the beginning of the animation so you get an early clue if it’s a Mega Splash. The largest possible Mega Splash pot is 1000bb.
How is the Splash pot divided
One portion of the Splash is divided between all players dealt in to the hand and the rest goes to the winner(s) of the hand.
How is the Splash pot prize paid out
The portion divided by all playersprizes are paid out to the players’ Rewards accounts and can be transferred to the main wallet. The portion that goes to the winner(s) of the hand goes in to the stack(s) and thus stays on the table.
How much extra rakeback does it mean
This is the most volatile aspect of the whole Rewards system, especially for low volume players. Based on the added amount to Splash pots from CoinPoker being half of the amount added to CoinRaces it is a logical assumption that it will average about half that rakeback, so about 20%. When I have more statistics I will try to assess this based on my own results but the fact that the added amount is mixed up with the splash fee makes it a bit harder.
How should I play the Splash pot
It is really up to each player to find their way around this, but of course the extra money in the pot does have an effect and if you play it right you may gain an edge. The extra fee also have an effect in that it makes small pots (and no flop pots) more expensive while it doesn’t affect larger pots to the same extent.
Flat Rakeback
Finally there is a flat 15% rakeback that is paid out daily (08:00 UTC) to the Rewards account.
Altogether this will amount to about 70% rakeback with proper CoinRace discipline.
Games and Traffic
When I’m logging in around 19:00 UTC, there are usually around 5,000–7,000 players online.
CoinPoker offers PLO (4-, 5- and 6-card), NLH, All-in or Fold and Short Deck.
There are also bomb pot tables in both NLH and PLO. I’m generally avoiding these – based on my own tracking, the rake in these games is extremely high, often more than double that of regular tables. Plus they take at least twice as much focus as a regular table; you have to assess two boards every hand – as opposed to getting rid of the majority of hands with no board on a regular table. That said, I did have a lot of fun with the bomb pots during the rake free period in March!
MTTs are available as well, but I won’t go into detail here – I’ll refer you to the CoinPoker official site for schedules and formats.
As a PLO cash game player, that’s where I have the most experience.
The traffic in PLO is among the best I’ve seen – games run consistently in all PLO variants, and in my experience, the pools are very beatable.
Deposits and Withdrawals
Deposits are instant and free with USDT/USDC on Polygon. It is possible to deposit other tokens on other networks (but most other tokens and networks will infer a deposit fee) and even with a credit card. I never tried the credit card deposit but I can’t imagine it’s cheap, and you’ll need a crypto wallet to withdraw anyway. So I strongly recommend setting that up right away.
Like deposits withdrawals are free with USDT/USDC on Polygon and possible with a fee in other tokens and on other networks. Unlike deposits withdrawals are not instant – they usually take between 1 and 12 hours, and occasionally up to 48h but that is rare – it happened to me once or twice with the old sw but since the change it’s been less that 12 every time and I have the habit of withdrawing after every session.
I have put together guides on how to go from SEK in your bank account (will apply to most fiat currencies) to USDT on CoinPoker and vice versa with a loss of <1% each direction. Will add links to the guides once I’ve put them up on the Resources page.
The New Software
The new sw launched with a tidal wave of issues and the rake free month of March felt like beta testing in many ways.
Since then there has been many updates and improvements, but still some large issues remain and some small standard features are still missing. The biggest issue is that the software is very heavy and lags sometimes.
The worst part of the lag is that clicking buttons becomes unpredictable – you click your size and move to bet but the first click doesn’t take place until you’re over the bet button and suddenly you’ve bet the minimum. I have and open ticket with support about this and I will update here. For now the all I can say is keep the mouse on the button you click until you visually confirm your click.
Here are some features I’m personally missing.
- Sit out next BB on all tables
- Leave all tables next BB
- Downloadable hand histories
- Quick join to follow your lobby filters
- Global waitlist (that follows your lobby filters)
- Setting to always run twice and/or 2+1
- Setting to never get asked about EV cashout
- Custom avatars
- Better filters to turn off animations
Despite all of this the software is fun and looks good. I don’t like change because it takes away my focus away from playing, that combined with initial bugs made me very averse to the new software. Now it has grown on me and if the things I’ve mentioned, expecially the lag, gets fixed it will be golden!
For those of you who (like me) wants to reduce your variance I recommend running it 2+1 in all-in situations. This is what I have previously known as “friendly”. You start by running it twice and if there’s a split thats it. But if a player wins both it is run a third time.
I also recommend you to avoid using EV cashout, it has a 3% additional fee. Running it twice or 2+1 is free.
Allowed Tools
As of now CoinPoker allows trackers and HUDs. To my knowledge drivehud2 and hand2note is working with CoinPoker. Hand histories aren’t saved locally so the tracker has to be up and running while playing for it to capture the hands.
Personally I use drivehud2 and I’m happy with it. I previously came from hm3 and there are a lot of differences – they both have their ups and downs. You can read more about drivehud2 on the Poker Tools page.
Table arrangement like Jurojin and StackAndTile is allowed but I have no experience with them.
Availability & Compliance
CoinPoker presents itself as a global poker site, and in practice players from most regions are able to access and play on the platform.
However, according to their Terms & Conditions, access is restricted in certain jurisdictions, and it is ultimately the player’s responsibility to ensure that participation is legal in their location. Availability does not necessarily mean full compliance with local regulations or platform terms.
In addition, identity verification (KYC) is rarely required upfront, but can be requested at any time — particularly when withdrawing funds.
What this means in practice:
- You may be able to deposit and play without issues
- But withdrawals or account activity can trigger verification or review
While CoinPoker is widely accessible and has one of the largest player pools in crypto poker, it’s important to approach it with awareness and weigh the risks carefully.
This is not legal advice. Always check your local laws before playing.
Benefits through Pulvret
I’ve put a lot of time into understanding how CoinPoker actually works – not just the surface features, but how to get real value out of the games, rewards, and systems.
If you sign up through me, you’re not just getting access to the site – you’re getting access to that knowledge and ongoing support as I continue to explore and refine what works.
What you get
- Access to a private Discord community
→ discuss hands, rewards strategy, and hud setups with me and other players - Access to my custom HUD layout in dh2, and tips on how to use it
- Ongoing updates and insights
→ as I continue testing games, rewards, and tools - Direct contact
→ you can reach out to me anytime with questions
I’m also working on additional economical incentives for players who sign up through me. When that’s in place, it will apply to everyone – past and present. Email me or DM me, PulvretPLO, on discord if you want to know more!