Best Online Poker Room Promotions in January 2025

Stake US: 250M GC + Free 25K SC in a Weekly Raffle

For every 1000 SC played, players will receive one entry at Stakes US. Every entry will correlate to an entry number. You can check your entry numbers in the VIP section of your account. There’s no limit to the number of entries you can earn, increasing your chances of winning! The winners are announced live every Saturday at 10:00 AM EDT on the stream at http://kick.com/Eddie.

Clubs Poker: Colossal Tournament Week

Clubs Poker Colossal Tournament Week runs through January 5th. The schedule includes tournaments on GC and SC with increased guarantees. Here is the schedule of the remaining events.

WPT Global: Weekly Global Spins and Tournament Leaderboards

WPT Global continues to run regular promotions. 

$3,5K per Day in Freerolls

In addition to the promotions above, WPT Global has also launched the Daily Freerolls promotion, available to all verified players.

According to the promotion, there are 6 freerolls per day, starting at 5:02am UTC and repeating every two hours. Registration opens an hour before the start.

The prize pool of five freerolls = $500, one at 1:02pm = $1,000.

Entry to these tournaments is through tickets. To receive them, all players need to to is log in to theiraccount (6 tickets are issued per day). Tickets are valid for 30 days from the date of issue. 

GGPoker: Winter Giveaway Series Main Events, Nickname Change and $12M GTD Regular Promotions

As we step into the new year, two major events flights of the series continue on GGPoker:

• $11 Happy New Year $1M GTD – combined day on January 6th
• $250 Winter Giveaway Grand Finale $3M GTD – combined day on January 13th

The structure of both tournaments is similar. Day 1 continues until 15% of the field remains. You can play as many flights as you like and the stacks are combined. Players can also change their nickname until January 7th (inclusive). To do this, go to Settings – My game profile and enter a new nickname.

$12,000,000 in Regular Promotions

The prize pools of the Spin&Gold, Rush&Cash, Cash NLHE, Cash PLO leaderboards have been increased by $10K per day each.

General rules for each leaderboard:

• The scoring period is from 08:00 UTC to 07:59 UTC the next day.
• Every day from 06:00 to 08:00 UTC “happy hour”: points are multiplied by x1.5.
• Information about all leaderboards was collected in one table. For details of prize distribution, look at the client in the tab with the certain discipline.

*The multiplier is taken into account: x2 for straight and flush, x3 for set and x4 for straight flush. For example, if you put in five buy-ins into Flip Stage A and hit trips or a set, you will receive: 5 buy-in points + bonus points (5×3) = 20 points. You can get a maximum of 25 points at the end of each Flip Stage.

2025 New Year Giveaway Promotions

There will be additional promotions to celebrate the New Year.

January 1-13 — $2.025M 12 Days of Resolution: Over the course of 12 days, players will have a chance to complete 1 of 5 simple missions and receive a stamp. The more stamps, the larger the prize pool of the Flipout tournament they will participate in on January 13th.

January 13-31 — $6M Year of the Snake HongBao: This is a cash drop promotion at cash tables to celebrate the Chinese New Year — previously known as the Red Envelope promotion.

You can learn more about these promotions in our previous article. 

888poker: Happy Hour Rakeback at Snap Tables Through January 5th

Players at 888poker have a chance to try their skill at SNAP (fast poker) tables from 16:00 to 18:00 UTC and get 20% rakeback up to $300 until January 5th. The minimum required rake to participate in the promotion is $10 per week. The SNap Rakeback is cumulative with other promotions.

$1M XL Winter Mystery Bounty

Flights to the $888 XL Winter Series Main Event are also running through January 28th, with one lucky player receiving a $100K Mystery Bounty! The full schedule will be released later.

RedStar Poker: Winter Ultimate Edition €10M GTD Series Ends

The Winter Ultimate Edition €10M GTD Series will be ending at RedStar Poker on January 14th. Until then, the largest events will be held in a multi-flight format. The start of the combined Day 2 days is listed below:

A leaderboard and special missions have also been added to the series – read more about them in a separate article.

€12,5K Twister Races

While the RedStar Twister Races are still ongoing, to participate in them, players need to register in the client every week by clicking “Opt-in”.

Points are awarded depending on the size of the buy-in for participation and for winning. For example, in a €10 tournament, 10 points are awarded for participation and 10 points for victory, in a €20 tournament, 20 points are awarded for participation and 20 for victory, and so on. Prizes are awarded in the form of Twister tickets.

$25K GTD Monthly Lottery

To participate in the $25K GTD Monthly Lottery, you must complete any of the tasks.

• Make a deposit from $10 / €10 / ₽700 / ¥60 / ₴250.
• Play 250 poker hands in a cash game (tournaments do not count).

1 ticket = 1 spin of the wheel = 1 guaranteed prize: free spins, tournament tickets, poker bonuses or cash up to $250 directly to your account.

PokerStars: $35M New Year Series

The PokerStars $35M New Year Series series will be running through January 14th. The schedule includes tournaments in NLHE, PLO, NLO8, 5-card PLO, Stud, Stud8, Razz, NL 5-Card Draw, Limit 2-7 Triple Draw, HORSE, NLHE/PLO, 8 Game.

The main events, each with a $1M guarantee, kick off on January 11th:

• $109 New Year Series Mystery Bounty Main Event-L
• $1,050 New Year Series PKO Main Event-M
• $5,200 New Year Series Main Event-H

CoinPoker: $1,5M Winter Series (January 5th – January 13th)

The Coin Poker $1,5M Winter Series schedule includes 155 Hold’em and Omaha tournaments, divided into 4 categories:

The main events for each tournament category will all take place on January 12th:

• $5 WS Low: Main Event $1.5K GTD
• $50 WS Mid: Main Event $7.5K GTD
• $500 WS High: Main Event $75K GTD
• $5,000 WS Super: Main Event $125K GTD

A $10K leaderboard has also been added to the series, with 20 people in the prize pool. The minimum prize is a $100 ticket, while the leaderboard winner will receive $2K in tickets.

At the moment, “Early Bird” is in effect in the leaderboards for players registering before the start of the tournament, who will then also receive +10% to the final points for this tournament.

Doubled Leaderboard Prize Pool from January 20th to January 26th

Instead of $2K, $4K will be given away, meaning cash players could receive double prizes between January 20th to January 26th. Coin Poker also continues to run a leaderboard for MTT players for $15K per week.

Unibet Poker: €2K XP Races Daily and €120K+ Slobberknocker Series

From January 1st to February 2nd, rake races will be held daily at Unibet Poker. The races will reset at 00:00 UTC. To participate, players simply need to participate in cash game, HexaPro, MTT or SNG and earn points for the rake paid. There are 15 prizes, with the minimum prize valued at €70. The winner will receive €350.

Slobberknocker Series (January 5th – January 12th)

The schedule includes 32 bounty tournaments with buy-ins ranging from €5 to €100.

Slobberknocker Series Schedule

Two Leaderboards Added to the Series

Two leaderboards have also been added to the series:

• Low (€5-€10)
• High (€25-€100)

Participants will earn 1 point for each player they eliminate and 1 additional point for every SKS tournament they enter.

High Leaderboard

Low Leaderboard

*Please note that players from Denmark, Sweden and Belgium can’t win monetary leaderboard prizes. Players from Netherlands are required to opt-in, in order to participate.