Best Online Poker Room Promotions in October 2025

WPT Global: $2M Global Crazy Freerolls

A series of freerolls with a total guarantee of $2,000,000 will run on WPT Global throughout October. Players can take part in two types of freerolls:

$10K Daily Crazy Freeroll

These freerolls are held daily from Monday to Saturday and the winner receives $2,000. Each player gets 4 tickets per week.

Additional tickets for these freerolls can be earned in the following ways:

• Through satellite freerolls with a guarantee of 20 tickets (running every hour).
• By playing Global Spins, MTTs, or placing bets in the casino or sportsbook totaling $10+ per week — completing this grants 5 freeroll tickets for the following week.
• By inviting friends — 1 ticket per referred friend.

$100K Super Crazy Freeroll

These are held every Sunday. The winner receives $20,000.

Players can earn a ticket for this tournament in one of the following ways:

• Finish in the top 20 of the daily $10K Daily Crazy Freeroll.
• Finish in the top 500 of the Friends Group Leaderboard — a leaderboard for players who invite friends to the room. The group leader receives the ticket. The leaderboard is based on the total freeroll winnings of all referred friends.
• By winning any MTT with any buy-in (excluding satellites and freerolls).

By playing Global Spins, MTTs, or placing bets in the casino or sportsbook totaling $1,500+ per week:

• $1,500 – $4,999 → 1 ticket
• $5,000 – $9,999 → 2 tickets
• $10,000+ → 3 tickets

Read more about the WPT Global Crazy Freerolls in a separate article.

Amazing 30% PLO Rakeback

All players at any PLO and PLO-5 tables receive 30% rakeback. You can learn more about this promo here.

The Poker Rewards Program: 40% Rkeback for Cash Game Table Starters

• Only NLHE and Short Deck tables now count toward the promotion — PLO4, PLO5, and Flash games are excluded.
  Only the first player to sit at the table receives rakeback.
  Only High Stakes tables are eligible (minimum $25/50/100 or 100/200/400 CNY NLHE, 200 CNY Short Deck).
  Heads-up only tables are excluded.
  Rakeback rate: 40%

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.

Rakeback is paid out every Monday at 12:00 UTC.

GGPoker: $50M Bounty Hunters Series and $7.4M in Regular Promotions

The Bounty Hunters Series will run from October 5 to 27. The main multi-stage tournaments (Day 2 starts at 18:30 UTC) are:

Daily leaderboards will award a total of $32K. Points are earned for knocking out opponents: tournaments with buy-ins up to $25 — 1 point, up to $99 — 2 points, up to $299 — 4 points, up to $999 — 10 points, and $1K+ — 15 points.

The Zodiac Festival is also ongoing, featuring the $125 Mid-Autumn Festival Mystery Bounty $1.5M GTD Main Event (Day 2 — October 12 at 13:00 UTC).

$7.4M in Regular Leaderboards

The prize pool for the regular promotions remains the same as last month

General rules of 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.

CoinPoker: PLO Cash Game World Championship

From October 6, 12:00 UTC to November 2, 00:00 UTC, Omaha cash game players will compete to determine the best player.

Promotion Rules:

• All hands at PLO GGWC branded cash tables count toward the leaderboard.
• Format: 6-max tables with a 100 bb buy-in, and 1 bb ante for the full table (0.17 bb per player).
• No heads-up! Any hands played one-on-one do not count toward the leaderboard.
• Two limits: PL $2/5 and PL $5/10.
• The winner of any hand, regardless of the street, must automatically show their cards at showdown.

Prizes:

1. Rolex worth $15K
2. $5K
3. $4K
4. $3K
5. $2K

Participants must play at least 20,000 hands. All participants who complete 10,000 hands will receive a one-month subscription to PLO Genius PRO. Players finishing 1st–3rd will receive a one-year subscription to PLO Genius PRO, while 4th and 5th place will receive a one-year subscription to PLO Genius EDGE.

You can read more about GGWC III in this article. 

Regular promotions for cash game and MTT players are also ongoing.

4-Hour CoinRaces Leaderboards — $12K Daily

• Available at all cash tables (NLHE, PLO, and PLO5) except heads-up.
• Leaderboards start every 4 hours.
• The total prize pool is split into 2 races:

High — $9K daily for players at NL/PL100 and above. 10 prizes available (payouts from $50 to $400).
Low — $3K daily for players from NL/PL2 to NL/PL50. 15 prizes available (payouts from $5 to $150).

Points are awarded per 1 bb of rake. For example: NL/PL100 = 24 points per 1 bb; NL50 = 15 points. Leaderboard standings are updated every minute and can be tracked by clicking the “Leaderboards” icon at the cash table.

Weekly MTT Leaderboard — $5K

• Points are awarded based on tournament participation, considering buy-ins, number of entries, and finishing position.
• Satellites, freerolls, and rebuys do not count.
• Players who register before the tournament starts get a 10% bonus to their points.
• 50 prizes awarded, with payouts ranging from $25 to $500.
• Leaderboard runs from Monday 00:00 UTC to the following Monday 23:59 UTC.

RedStar Poker: the Final €10M Elite Series XL Events

The series will conclude on October 13. The biggest remaining multi-flight NLHE tournaments are:

• €250 Autumn Challenger €500K GTD — September 4 to October 13
• €25 Superstack €150K GTD — September 4 to October 6

The biggest one-day NLHE tournaments are:

• €50 Sunday Ultra €100K GTD — October 5 and 12
• €200 Autumn Slam €100K GTD — October 2
• €150 Autumn Classic €150K GTD — October 5

Missions and promotions have also been added to the series. Learn more about them, as well as other major series highlights, in our full review.

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, etc. Prizes are awarded in Twister tickets.

$25K GTD Monthly Lottery

To participate, 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.

888poker: $300K Poker Waves and XL Autumn Series Main Event Announce 

This promotion will run until October 11.

There are 3 freerolls:

There are 4 tasks:

1. Play tournaments with a total buy-in of at least $5 (Blast counts as well)
2. Win a cash game hand with any A/K combination at any stakes
3. Bet $2 in sports bets (min odds x1.5)
4. Bet $2 in the casino

Completing 1 task earns a ticket to the $500 Sea Breeze Freeroll (max 3 tickets per day). Completing 9 tasks in a week (Monday to Sunday) earns a ticket to the $3,000 Beach Break Freeroll.

To receive a ticket to the $20,000 Big Blue Freeroll, you must complete one of the following monthly tasks:

• Finish ITM in 5 tournaments (BLAST and freerolls do not count)
• Knock out 10 players in any PKO or Mystery Bounty tournaments
• Win 100 cash game hands (including Snap) with any cards at any stakes

The top 300 players in the Big Blue Freeroll will enter a separate freeroll, where 2 players will win packages for 888poker LIVE London.

PokerPlanets: A Room With Direct Rakeback and a 100% First Deposit Bonus up to $600

PokerPlanets came out of beta testing in September 2025. At the moment, most of the action is at micro and low stakes (up to NL100 inclusive). Peak traffic starts after 18:00 UTC. Average field size in MTTs is up to 150 entries.

Advantages of playing on PokerPlanets:

• Welcome bonus of your choice: rakeback up to 80% from chests or a 100% first deposit bonus up to $600 (clearable).
• Cashback up to 40% through the loyalty program.

Read more in our previous article.

Unibet: Poker Mission Ladder

The promotion will run from October 6 to November 30. Complete two simple missions per week to earn a seat in the €2,000 Weekly Grind Special Tournament.

In addition, by completing the Weekly Mission Challenge, you’ll also unlock a bundle of Cash Spins that can be used instantly in the Casino.

The more weeks you complete, the more value you unlock.

Terms and Conditions:

• Poker Ladder missions run from Monday 00:00 UTC to Sunday 23:59 UTC.
• Players from Belgium, Denmark and Sweden are excluded from the campaigns.
• Players from the UK and the Netherlands must opt in to the campaign before they can complete the missions.

€45K Flop Race

The promotion runs until October 5. Play cash games every day from 12:00 to 23:59 UTC and see the flop. 1 seen flop = 1 point. The more flops you play — the better your result. Extra bonus: for reaching 100 flops in a day you will receive +30 points.

The promotion is divided into four categories (Low, Mid, High, Banzai), each with its own leaderboard. The race is weekly.

Multipliers also apply depending on the limit and the game:

Every week €9K is awarded. A total of €45K will be awarded.

• High Stakes: up to €900 for 1st place
• Mid Stakes: up to €600 for 1st place
• Low Stakes: up to €250 for 1st place (with payouts down to 50th place)
• Banzai: up to €250 for the winner

Prizes are credited within 72 hours after the end of the weekly leaderboard.

Stake.com & Stake US: $1M Bad Beat Jackpot

The current Bad Beat Jackpot prize pool exceeds $1,000,000. This is the combined prize pool for cash game players in NLHE, PLO, and 5-card PLO.

The Bad Beat Jackpot also continues to apply at NLHE and PLO tables:

• NLHE — triggers on a losing hand with AAAJJ or better
• PLO — triggers on 2222x or better
• 5-card PLO — triggers on 8888x or better

Key conditions:

• The hand must go to showdown.
• Both the winning and losing players must use both of their hole cards to make their hand.
• If the losing hand is four of a kind, the player must hold a pocket pair.
• The hand must involve 4 or more players.
• If the board is run multiple times, only the first run counts for the Bad Beat Jackpot.
• Any player involved in the hand that triggers the jackpot must remain at the table until the hand is completed to be eligible.

BBJ Payouts:

• 8% — to the player who loses the hand
• 5% — to the player who wins the hand
• 3% — shared among the other players in the hand

The remaining jackpot pool is distributed across stakes as follows:

Clubs Poker: Bad Beat Jackpots

Feeling unlucky? Well, Clubs Poker has a promo for you.

Lose a hand at a Four of a Kind (2222) or better cash game table and win the Bad Beat Jackpot. It is activated by Gold Coins (GC) or Sweeps Coins (SC) cash game tables.

Payout Distribution:

• 45% to the player with the qualifying losing hand
• 25% to the player with the winning hand
• 20% shared among the other players at the table
• 10% is reserved to seed the next jackpoе

The hand must reach the showdown.

Both winning and losing players must use both of their hole cards.

A minimum of three players must be dealt into the hand at the start.