Best Online Poker Room Promotions in December 2025

ACR Poker: $500K Player Appreciation Month

To end the year, ACR Poker decided to give back. Its ACR Poker Player Appreciation Month consists of three promos:

• Mini Online Super Series (MOSS) starting December 17. Schedule includes tournaments with buy-ins ranging from $0 to $109
• Tickets Giveaway 
• Boosted prize pools in The Beast, Sit & Crush and Blitz Beast Leaderboards from November 29, 2025 to January 2, 2026

Sit&Crush Leaderboard Rules (for Sit-and-Go and Jackpots)

Meanwhile, the Sit&Crush Leadearboard starts on Saturday at 00:00 ET and runs until 23:59 ET the following Friday. Here’s everything there is to know about it:

• Points are awarded for participating in the tournament.
• 25% of the rake from each tournament is contributed to the promotion’s prize pool.
• A player receives 5 points for every $1 added to the promotion’s prize pool. For example: Jackpots for $50 ($47 to the prize pool + $3 rake). From the $3 rake, $0.75 is allocated to the Sit&Crush prize pool. The player earns $0.75 * 5 = 3.75 points.
• The minimum prize is $50, and the maximum is $500. In addition to the main prize, players receive tickets to the Sunday tournament worth $95.

Beast (Cash Players) and Blitz Beast (Blitz Players) Leaderboards

• Both of these leaderboards start on Saturday at 00:00 ET and run until 23:59 ET the following Friday.

• All tables participate except HU.
• For every $0.02 in rake (Weighted Contributed Rake), the player receives 1 point.
• The minimum prize is $50, and the maximum is $500. In addition to the main prize, players receive tickets to the Sunday tournament worth $95.

CoinPoker: High Stakes Cash Game World Championship  

The Cash Game World Championship, CGWC for short, ends on December 7. Since we won’t bore you with the details here, you can read more about this specific CoinPoker High Stakes CGWC (or CGWC IV) in our article. 

Daily $12K CoinRaces Leaderboards

All cash tables (NLHE, PLO, and PLO5) except heads-up are eligible for the Daily $12K CoinRaces Leaderboards, which start every 4 hours.

The total prize pool is divided into two races:

• High: $9K daily for players NL/PL100 and above. 10 players share the prize pool (payouts from $50 to $400).
• Low: $3K daily for players NL/PL2 up to and including NL/PL50. 15 players share the prize pool (payouts from $5 to $150).

Points for each are awarded for every BB raked. So, for example, at NL/PL100, 24 points per 1 BB are awarded, while at NL50, 15 points are awarded.

Points are updated once per minute and you can track the leaderboards by clicking the “Leaderboards” icon at the cash table.

Weekly $5K MTT Leaderboard

Points for the Weekly $5K MTT Leaderboard are awarded for tournament participation based on buy-in amount, number of entrants, and finishing position. Satellites, freerolls, and rebuys don’t count with this one.

Players who register before the tournament starts receive a 20% bonus to their points, while a total of 50 players are rewarded with prizes ranging from $25 to $500.

The scoring period runs from Monday 00:00 UTC to the following Monday 23:59 UTC.

JackPoker: $650K GTD Turbo Series: Festive Ride

The $650K GTD Turbo Series: Festive Ride runs from December 1 to 14. The schedule features NLHE tournaments with buy-ins ranging from $5 to $300. The largest (UTC) are:

• Dec 14, 17:00 — $50 Turbo Series: Festive Ride Main Event $45K GTD
• Dec 8, 00:30 — $100 Turbo Series: Festive Ride Event 35 $25K GTD
• Dec 14, 16:00 — $150 Turbo Series: Festive Ride Event 67 $25K GTD
• Dec 9, 17:30 — $200 Turbo Series: Festive Ride Event 42 $25K GTD

300M Black Friday Rewards also continues through December 7 – details here.

WPT Global: $5M Christmas & New Year Gift Giveaway 

For deposits made between November 24 and December 30, WPT Global will award players various prizes, from tournament tickets to special surprises, all part of its $5M Christmas & New Year Gift Giveaway:

• Deposit $50–$99 = gifts worth at least $50
• Deposit $100–$249 = at least $100
• Deposit $250–$499 = at least $250
• Deposit $500 or more = at least $600

Players can receive prizes this way daily. They’ll be credited for logging into the room the day after making a deposit. Prize distribution will begin only on December 10, 2025, and will continue until January 9, 2026.

40% Rakeback For Cash Game Table Starters 

Apart from the holiday deals, players who start High cash game table (minimum for NLHE $25/50/100 or ¥100/200/400, for Short Deck ¥200) can also receive 40% rakeback. This rakeback is paid out every Monday at 12:00 UTC.

A few important terms: 

• PLO4, PLO5, and Flash games are excluded.
• Heads-up only tables are excluded.
• Only the first player to sit at the table receives rakeback.
• The entire time spent at the table counts, including 5-minute breaks. If a player leaves the table and returns, rakeback will no longer be credited. However, if the player who started the game busts and rebuys, they will continue to earn rakeback.

Amazing 30% PLO Rakeback 

Another sort of WPT Global rakeback involves PLO tables. Players at any PLO and PLO-5 tables receive 30% rakeback. You can learn more about this promo here.

Don’t Miss the $25 Golden Bounty Championship $250K GTD

This one of the most affordable multi-flight tournaments in online poker, where you can win a five-figure prize. The winner of the first tournament earned over $19K.

Flights run daily, and the final day kicks off every Sunday at 12:30 GMT. Read more about the tournament here.

PokerStars: BSOP ($3,8M+ GTD)

The PokerStars series will run from December 7 to 15. This year, the schedule includes 74 tournaments with buy-ins ranging from $2.20 to $530 in NLHE, PLO, NLO8, 5-card PLO, 27 TD, HORSE, and 8 Game.

Some of the biggest tournaments on the schedule include:

You can read more about what to expect from this edition of the BSOP here.

GGPoker: $1M+ microFestival and $25M End Of the Year

The GGPoker microFestival will run through December 14. The schedule includes:

• 240 one-day tournaments with buy-ins from $1.11 to $15 and guarantees from $1.5K to $250K. Three tournaments with the same number run each day, one of each type: NLH, NLH KO, and PLO.
• 16 freerolls with a $3K prize pool each, accessible via tickets awarded for busting out of the series’ one-day events before reaching the ITM.
• 6 multi-flight events with buy-ins from $3.11 to $10.80 and guarantees from $70.7K to $1.5M.

The biggest tournaments (UTC):

• $10.80 micro Mystery Bounty Main Event $1.5M GTD — flights run daily starting November 30, Day 2 is on December 14 at 19:00.
• $5 micro Global Festival $500K GTD — flights run daily starting November 29, Day 2 is on December 7 at 19:00.
• $10.80 micro Omaholic Mystery Bounty Festival $250K GTD — flights run daily starting November 29, Day 2 is on December 7 at 20:00.
• $15 66-KO: Saturday Secret KO [Mystery Bounty] $250K GTD — December 6 at 18:00.

$25M End Of the Year

The prize pool for the $25M End Of the Year promotions is divided into several promos: 

• $12M Days of Christmas Gift Boxes from December 15 to 26: just log in to the room and receive your gift.
• $1M End of Year Thanks2025 Flipout: a lottery for those who hit a cooler (won or lost) from December 27 to 31.
• $12M Giveaway: $7.4M in regular races for players of all disciplines + $2.6M in daily ThanksGG Daily Flipouts + $1M in promotions for new players + $1M in microFestival Freeroll, Master Rise Reward, WSOP Express Tickets, and the $100K Weekly Freeroll.

$7.4M in Regular Leaderboards

There’s some general rules for each of the regular leaderboards:

• 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.

RedStar Poker: Elite Series XL: New Year’s Edition €12,5M GTD + Advent Calendar 

The RedStar Poker series began on December 2, 2025, and will run until January 15, 2026. This month-long schedule will include 251 NLH and PLO tournaments, featuring 13 multi-flight events and 238 one-day events with buy-ins from €1 to €100 and guarantees from €500 to €400K.

The largest multi-flight tournaments (UTC):

• €55 Frozen Fortune €125K GTD — flights run daily until December 22, with Day 2 starting at 20:30.
• €250 Winter Challenger €400K GTD — flights run daily from December 1 to January 12, Day 2 is on January 12 at 21:00.
• €25 Winter Challenger Mini €100K GTD — flights run daily from December 1 to January 15, Day 2 is on January 15 at 21:00.
• €300 Northern Crown €100K GTD — flights run daily at 17:00 from December 2 to 15, Day 2 is on December 15 at 22:00.
• €125 Arctic Kickoff €125K GTD — flights run from December 3 to 8, Day 2 is on December 8 at 22:00.
• €100 Arctic Contender €200K GTD — flights start daily from December 4 to 29 at 16:00 MSK, Day 2 is on December 29 at 21:30.

The series also includes 13 missions, new Twisters, 4 leaderboards, and an Advent Calendar — details are provided in a separate article.

Regular €12,5K Twister Races and $25K Lottery

To participate in the Twister Race, you 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.

These prizes are awarded in the form of Twister tickets.

Monthly Lottery ($25K GTD)

To participate in the Monthly Lottery, you must complete any one of the following 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.

BetOnline: Micro Stakes Winter Festival $300K GTD

The Micro Stakes Winter Festival will run through December 7 on BetOnline. The schedule features tournaments with buy-ins from $2.20 to $22. In addition to NLHE, there are also PLO (4, 5, and 6 cards), PLO8, Stud, Stud8, and Razz. 

In addition to the already-released schedule, BetOnline also added a Daily $1K Leaderboard to the series. Points are awarded:

• (buy-in / finishing position) / number of entries * 1,000

A total of 20 players can be in the money.

• Minimum prize being $10 + a ticket to a $22 Mega Satellite to the $215 Main Event $250K GTD.
• Maximum prize: $75 + a $22 ticket to the same satellite.

The following promotions are also currently ongoing on BetOnline:

• 25 Days of Poker
• $10K MTT Leaderboard Mid-High for players in tournaments with buy-ins of $22 and above
• $500 8-Hour Boost Race
• $1K Daily Sit&Go Races
• SNG Win Nothing Promotion
• $1K Windfall Dash Races

PokerPlanets: Galaxy Return until December 7

If you play at a PokerPlanets cash tables and receive C$2.50 for every $10 in rake. Just first activate “Galaxy Return” in the Promotions section before the promotion starts. There’s no limit on the number of bonuses you can collect.

Stake com & Stake US: $1.5M December Giveaway

Stake Poker will give away $1,000,000 in freerolls from December 1 to 14. 

There are two types of freerolls:

• Daily 18:00 UTC: Christmas Freeroll $20K Daily
• Saturday 18:00 UTC: Christmas Freeroll $200K Special

In addition to a share of the prize pool, the top 20 players in the daily freeroll and the top 48 in the weekly freeroll will each receive a ticket to the $200 Main Event $200K GTD. Another $500K will be awarded in a series of tournaments with buy-ins from $1 to $200 from December 15 to 29.

To participate in the freerolls, you must complete Level 2 KYC (submit an ID, passport, or driver’s license).