Poker Room News: Packages to Series, GGPoker's New Loyalty Program & More

GGPoker

🔷 New Loyalty Program: Now With Gem Exchange

On January 30th, the familiar Fish Buffet rakeback system was replaced by Ocean Rewards. The new system eliminates intermediate levels—there are now only eight, which increase as you reach a Tide Points (TP) level. These points are earned through rake: every dollar earns 100 points.

Along with the rake, gems (called GEMs in the client) are added to your account. By default, 100 gems are awarded per dollar, and the resulting number is then multiplied by a coefficient: from 1.5 at the simplest level, "Fish," to 5 at the highest, "Shark."

Rakeback is now awarded by exchanging gems for cash. The rate depends on the number of gems you exchange: the more you exchange, the higher the payout.

The price for 1,000 Gems is listed above.

Upon transitioning to Ocean Rewards, all players' statuses were upgraded to the next level, and Fish Points were converted into Tide Points (TP). This status is retained until the end of the current year. Gems have no expiration date.

Reddit users have already calculated the rakeback percentage at each level depending on the loyalty level.

The alternative Platinum system with weekly rakeback payments has disappeared, so you'll now have to accumulate gems for a long time to make profitable trades. The PVI coefficient is also still in place.

🔷 GGPoker's Seventh Anniversary: $​​300,000 Rake-Free Tournament

The room is celebrating its seventh anniversary with a celebratory rake-free tournament with a $300,000 prize pool (including a $200,000 added guarantee from the poker room), which will run from February 5th to 15th. The Mystery Bounty tournament will be multi-day, with a buy-in of $77.

Along with cash rewards for knockouts, chests will also contain valuable prizes:

• Rolex (1 piece)
• iPhone 17 Pro Max 256GB (5 pcs)
• MacBook Pro M3 14″ (3 pcs)
• iPad Air (7 pcs)
• AirPods Pro (15 pcs)

Multiple introductory days can be played, and stacks are combined in the final. Day 1 runs daily from February 5th to 12th (at 4:00 PM GMT time) and on February 13th (11:00 AM and 3:00 PM). The top 10% of players from each flight advance to Day 2. Day 2 begins on February 13th at 7:00 PM GMT time, and the final table starts on February 15th at 7:00 PM.

You can save on tickets in satellites for $7, which start daily (except Sunday) from January 23 to February 12 at 15:00, 17:00, 19:00 and 21:00.

Satellite and flight tickets are purchased at the RVC store using PokerBitOK coins, which are awarded for watching official streams and being active on the poker room's social media.

GipsyTeam Exclusives

🔷 For Grinders: If you play a lot, create accounts with GipsyTeam promo codes or join us and participate in exclusive races and promotions that will help you significantly increase your rakeback.

🔷 For Low-Stakes Players. Freerolls are open only to GipsyTeam players, meaning the competition is significantly less than in regular free tournaments.

🔷 Bonuses and Sweepstakes in Apps

Until February 28th, we're running a series of promotions in poker clubs and apps: for creating an account and making your first deposit, we're giving away a 10% bonus and tickets to prize draws.

We'll give you a 10% bonus (up to 8%) for every first deposit you make at a new club. Text " WINTER" to our support team : they'll help you register and recommend convenient ways to add chips to your balance.

The first deposit in any new club is considered, the offsetting period is two weeks.

🔷 Applications and Clubs

• Suprema Poker – Seleção club
• PPPоker — Tinku Poker, Poker Heaven
• Xpoker — Nebula, God of Fortune
• Poker21plus

Every two weeks, we'll be holding a giveaway for cash, tournament tickets, or GipsyTeam apparel among everyone who registers through our support team at any new club and makes a deposit. Subscribe to our Telegram channel to stay up-to-date with announcements and winners.

We will raffle off the following among all participants of the promotion:

• Marshall Major V Wireless Headphones
• Xiaomi Redmi Watch 4 or HUAWEI Watch FIT 3 Solo smartwatch
• Special poker set
• Xiaomi Mijia Humidifier 2
• Logitech G G703 Wireless Mouse

The drawing will take place on March 1st.

RedStar Poker

🔷 Daily leaderboards in Spins for 3,000

As of January 30th, the Twister leaderboard rules have changed. Previously, they were weekly with a prize pool of €12,500. Now, €3,000 will be awarded daily.

Leaderboards are divided by buy-ins:

• Low — €0.25-€5
• Medium — €10-€25
• High — €50-€200

The scoring period runs from 00:00 AM to 23:59 AM the following day, GMT time. Only classic spins are eligible; Wild Twister and Age of the Gods do not count. Points for the corresponding leaderboard depend on the multiplier and the player's final ranking.

The higher the buy-in, the more points you can get.

Example: A 5x multiplier was awarded in a spin for €15, and the player finished second. This means they will receive €7 x 1.5 = 10.5 points in the Medium leaderboard.

The leaderboard includes the results of the first 25 spins played, but you can reset your streak after the fifth tournament and start over. To participate in the leaderboard, you must confirm the promotion in the Missions menu.

Prizes are paid in Twister tickets.

Low (€0.25-€5)

Medium (€10-€25)

High (€50-€200)

🔷 Irish Open Shamrock Series with a €1,500,000 Guarantee

From February 1st to March 23rd, RedStar Poker is hosting the Irish Open Shamrock tournament series with a €1,500,000 prize pool. The schedule includes Hold'em and Omaha tournaments in a variety of formats (multi-day, PKO, and Mystery Bounty) with buy-ins starting at €12.50.

Key tournaments:

• #02|MYSTERY KICKOFF 100,000 GTD for 100 – March 1
• #11|KNOCKOUT MASTERS 100,000 GTD for March 30 – March 1
• #01|SUPERSTACK 100,000 GTD in 25, Day 2 – March 23
• #15|SHAMROCK MYSTERY 200,000 GTD for 50 – March 8
• #20|SHAMROCK MAIN 200,000 GTD for 100 – March 15

Satellites from 0.01 are available in the lobby.

Series schedule

🔷 Packages to the Main Tournament of The Festival Series in Bratislava

RedStar Poker is holding online qualifying for The Festival series, which will take place from February 23 to March 1 at Banco Casino (Bratislava, Slovakia), until February 16.

Satellites are divided into two types:

1. For tickets to the main tournament (€550) . Finals for €50, with tickets being raffled off, run until February 7. You can save money in step satellites for €0.5 (you can get into them through daily freerolls) and €5.

2. For packages of €1,850 each . The package includes €550 for the buy-in, €840 for 6 nights at the Hotel Crowne Plaza Bratislava 4* or AC Hotel by Marriott Bratislava Old Town 4* of your choice (double room with breakfast), €210 for medical insurance and €250 for expenses.

Three to five packages are up for grabs in two-day satellites for €100: players can enter daily, with the second days taking place on Sundays.

You can qualify for Day 1 through step satellites for €0.25-€3-€15.

Another package will be awarded in a two-day tournament for 2: flights are held daily, the final is scheduled for February 16 (18:00 GMTtime).

Until 5:00 PM on February 15 (GMTtime), completing the Revenue mission (earn 20,000 points) will award a ticket to the €100 The Festival Mission SK26 tournament, which can be used for the finals with a prize draw.

🔷 Rewards for Missions and Predicting the Super Bowl

From February 2nd to 8th, RedStar Poker is running The Big Game Predictor promotion, timed to coincide with Super Bowl LX.

How to participate:

1. Confirm participation in the promotion in the client's Missions section
2. Make a prediction for the Super Bowl LX regular-time outcome, which will take place on February 8 at 23:30 PM GMT time. Your initial selection cannot be changed.
3. Earn 150 Status Points at any table from 00:00 AM on February 2nd until 23:59 AM on February 8th.

A random prize will be awarded if the prediction is correct and points are scored (once during the promotion).

PokerPlanets

🔷 Satellites to the RPC Series in Sochi

PokerPlanets is giving away seats to the Russian Poker Championship Main Event until March 22nd (the series itself runs from March 18th to 29th at Casino Sochi). Final satellites for 55 players take place on Sundays at 7:00 PM Moscow time, with the first one, guaranteeing five tickets, taking place on February 1st.

There are several ways to save money:

• In satellites for $2.2 and $3.3
• In satellites for $5.5 (there are step-satellites for $0.33 and $0.44)
• In automatic All-in tournaments for $1.1

The Main Event for $500 will be multi-day (GMT time indicated):

• Day 1A – March 24 (9:00)
• Day 1B – March 25 (9:00)
• Day 1C – March 26 (9:00)
• Day 2 – March 27 (8:00)
• Day 3 – March 28 (8:00)
• The final day with broadcast is March 29 (9:00)

Mobile app news

1. After the closure of PokerBros' largest alliance , Diamond, a significant portion of traffic migrated to the Paradise alliance – according to GT+ measurements, the number of games increased by 1.5 times. There's action in all disciplines at limits up to NL/PL1K, including many PLO4 tables. A fascinating fact: in 2025, our player pool didn't have a single losing month at Paradise.

2. Our players continue to show excellent results in a Korean union on PokerBros. The game there is unique, but with the right adjustments, high win rates can be achieved. Tables are typically played up to NL100.

3. Fast poker in apps is becoming just as popular as in regular poker rooms. While it's not as convenient to play, the lineups are much better. Here's what to look for:

Nuts Poker. Stakes range from $0.02/$0.04 to $1/$2. Trackers are not supported, but you can purchase a VIP card, which grants access to built-in statistics on your opponents. According to our traffic measurements, the game is available at any time. Over the long term, players consistently show excellent results. All GT+ players receive 50% rakeback. The rake at all ZOOM limits is 5% with a cap of 3 BB.

Also worth noting are the daily leaderboards for fast tables. Points are awarded for every hand dealt, with a commission deducted. Prizes are awarded to the top 10 players. There are three races:

1. $0.02/$0.04, prize fund $40 (for first place 10)
2. $0.10/$0.20, prize fund $110 (for first place 30)
3. $0.25/$0.50 and above, prize fund $550 (for the first 170)

Nuts Poker

🔷 Poker Beast Tournament Series: Affordable Buy-Ins and a 5,000 Freeroll

From February 2nd to 18th, Nuts Poker will host the Poker Beast tournament series with a $184,000 prize pool. The schedule includes 40 Hold'em tournaments with buy-ins starting at $8:

• Daily Knockouts for $8 with a guarantee of $1,000 (10:00)
• Daily WARRIOR for $30 with a $5,000 guarantee
• HR PKO 25,000 GTD for $25 – Wednesdays at 21:00
• MYSTERY BOUNTY $8,000 GTD for $30 – Saturdays at 9:00
• KNOCKOUT KING $8,000 GTD for $30 – Sundays at 7:00

Players will be able to participate in two leaderboards: individual and team. Upon first login to the client from February 2nd to 14th, you will be randomly assigned to one of four teams:

1. Dragon
2. Phoenix
3. Tiger
4. Turtle

Team affiliation is displayed by avatars in the client. One point is awarded for participating in the tournament, and three for a knockout. Prizes are awarded to the top 36 players on the personal leaderboard (they will be distributed by 4:00 AM GMT time on January 16).

In the team competition, only one of the four teams with the most points wins: each participant receives a 3-day platinum card and a ticket to the BEAST FREEROLL tournament with a $5,000 guaranteed prize (to receive it, you must log in to the client before 3:00 PM GMT time on February 18).

BEAST FREEROLL will take place on February 18 at 13:00 GMT time.

UP Poker

🔷 Free 8-player tournament tickets for new players

Until February 22, GipsyTeam is giving away tournament tickets for creating an account and depositing funds into UP Poker .

How to get tickets:

1. Register at UP Poker using the link at the bottom of the page
2. Write the code word UP Ticket to our support team
3. Top up your account with 10 or more

If you're already registered with UP Poker by GipsyTeam, please contact us: we'll verify your account linking and credit your tickets after your first deposit during the promotional period.

IMPORTANT! Tickets must be used within 3 days.

Useful services from GipsyTeam

• Traffic in poker rooms. We track and update the number of cash tables and players in the largest poker rooms and apps every week.
• Poker calculator. Now estimate your equity on the flop or quickly calculate which hand is stronger in five-card Omaha preflop.
• ICM calculator. Help for any tournament player: you can quickly enter stacks, prize money, and find out the cost of a stack using the ICM model. Up to 20 participants are supported.
• Bot with shares. Telegram bot that notifies you about new offers from poker rooms: in the promotions section, click on the “Subscribe” button, mark the desired rooms and disciplines, and click “Save for bot”.
• Randomizer. A simple, nice, and convenient random number generator. Can be opened in a small separate window in the browser and placed next to the tables in honor of the GTO.
• Freeroll schedule. All key rooms from all affiliates – along with passwords!

PokerKing

🔷 $5,500 Packages to the Uruguay Tournament Series

On February 1 and 8 at 22:05 PM GMT time, PokerKing will be giving away packages to the Enjoy Poker Series Main Event in Uruguay. Each Sunday satellite has a $95 buy-in, with a prize pool of eight packages worth $5,500 each. Winners of the regular The Beast and Sit & Crush races can enter for free.

Each package includes:

• Main Event Ticket for $1,650
• $1,500 for air travel
• $500 for expenses
• 10 nights at Enjoy Punta del Este Resort & Casino (February 20 – March 2)
• Free transfer from and to the airport
• Free breakfasts

The package cannot be transferred to another player or exchanged for money.

The Enjoy Poker Series runs from February 20th to 28th, with the Main Event offering prizes of $700,000.

PokerStars

🔷 SCOOP Warm-Up Series with $10,000,000 Year GTD

From February 1st to 16th, PokerStars is hosting a warm-up tournament series for the major annual SCOOP festival. The prize pool will exceed $10,000,000.

The SCOOP Warm Up schedule features 154 tournaments starting at $2.2, across three buy-in categories: Low, Medium, and High. As usual, in addition to Hold'em and Omaha, there's also room for HORSE, Stud, 8-Game, Badugi, and other poker variations.

There will be two main tournaments, the start is scheduled for February 15 (18:00 GMT time):

1. #62-L SCOOP Warm Up Main Event Low, 1M GTD for $109
2. #62-H SCOOP Warm Up Main Event High, 300K GTD for $1,050

Satellites from $0.55 are available in the lobby.

🔷 SCOOP Warm Up Ticket Machine

Three daily missions are available from February 1st to 12th:

• Play 1 tournament of the series
• Play 2 tournaments
• Knock out 2+ players

Completing each task awards a lottery ticket (maximum 3 per day) with a chance to win a trip to the Main Event for 109. The total guaranteed prize is 200,000.

🔷 SCOOP Prize Vault

SCOOP Main Series tickets worth up to $1,050 can be won in the SCOOP Prize Vault promotion, which runs from February 1st to 28th.

For accumulated rake (at any table, not just in series tournaments), you'll receive a chest of one of six levels. The higher the level, the more valuable the reward.

Chests will be awarded to players on March 1st. Inside, you'll find tickets to the series or one of two prize draws on March 8th.

Ticket drawings are scheduled for 5:00 GMT time on March 8.

BCPoker Updated Client, Removed Straddles from 6-max and Launched Leaderboards.

In January, BCPoker underwent several significant updates. Several issues that had been irritating players were addressed: the bet slider became more user-friendly, 6-max tables without straddles were added to the lobby, synchronization between desktop and mobile games was added, and convenient multi-tabling was implemented, allowing players to play four tables on one screen.

We've also launched daily leaderboards for cash players, totaling $500. There are two of them:

1. Leaderboard A is for NL100 and above players, the top 20 share $350.
2. Leaderboard B for NL5-NL50 players, top 30 share $150.

Hands in which an active action, bet, or call is made count (placement of SB/BB/ante does not count). The higher the limit, the more points.

Payout tables

Leaderboard A

Leaderboard B