The headline tournament of the weekend at CoinPoker was the $150 CoinMasters BITCOIN event. It attracted a huge field of 3,240 players and was taken down by “PercocetPete99” for $69,250. His victory showed that persistence pays because it was his third bullet that sealed the deal.
One of the other big tournaments of the weekend was the finale of the $125 Big Weekender. This is a multi-flight event with a final turbo flight on Sunday. In total, there were 4,113 players, 404 of whom made it through to the final day.
It could have been the biggest prize of the weekend, but the final two players chose to deal heads-up instead. “Campa” and “Irreversible” both took home over $62,000 each after agreeing to chop it up.
It’s not just about the biggest buy-ins, as some of the biggest fields overall are in the lower-stakes events. The mini version of the Big Weekender is unsurprisingly called the Mini Weekender and has just an $11 buy-in. This is also a multi-flight event. It attracted a huge field of 4,259 players.
This time around, it was a three-way chop at the final table, with the podium finishers all guaranteed at least $5,200 for their $11 entry fee. A 47,172% ROI for three people was incredibly impressive, no matter what the stakes.
Positive Early Numbers For The One
All eyes this month will firmly be on The One, which is CoinPoker’s most ambitious event to date. For just a $250 buy-in, the tournament is guaranteeing $5 million across multiple Day 1s. Crucially, it is guaranteeing $1 million to the eventual champion.
Shrewd poker players will therefore be keeping an eye on whether this event will overlay or not, and we have the first hints as to whether that may be. At the time of writing, the first three flights of The One have concluded and they attracted 4,197 players in total, averaging 1,399 per flight.
There are 23 flights left to go, and the event needs 15,803 entries to break even, or 687 per flight. That sounds like an easy proposition for CoinPoker, but remember that yesterday’s Day 1 was on Sunday, the busiest time in poker.
Over 3,000 satellite tickets have been guaranteed for this event, and it has already generated 1,786 tickets at the time of writing, so the smart money would suggest that the guarantee will be beaten.
How To Qualify For The One
If you want to be one of those 3,000 players who are competing for a $1 million first prize for a fraction of the entry fee, qualifiers are running around the clock at CoinPoker.
There are regular direct satellites with buy-ins including $1, $12.50, $25 and $50.
There is also the free route to tournament glory. If you want to be one of the players who qualify for zero investment, this is what the free satellite tree looks like.
| Tournament | Buy-In | Prize | Seats Guaranteed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Step [2] to $250 THE ONE – DAY 1 | Free to $5 | Seat in direct The One satellite | 15–200 seats |
| Step [3] to $250 THE ONE – DAY 1 | $0.20–$0.50 | Seat in Step [2] | 30–125 seats |
| Step [4] to $250 THE ONE – DAY 1 | Free | Seat in Step [3] | 60–200 seats |
