Best Online Poker Room Promotions in August 2026

JackPoker: $5M Summer Slam Series & Fast Games Marathon

JackPoker runs The Summer Slam Series from August 3 to 30 and features a $600,000 leaderboard.

The schedule includes more than 165 tournaments with buy-ins ranging from $5 to $1,000. Players can also enter freebuy tournaments to win tickets to Summer Slam Series events.

Largest guaranteed tournaments (August 30):

• $1,000 Summer Slam Series High Roller $100K GTD
• $50 Summer Slam Series Main Event $80K GTD

Make $100 in deposits during the week to qualify for the $100,000 GTD draw, held every following Monday. No registration required — just deposit.

Fast Games Fest

The Fast Games Fest promotion runs through August 11 for players in the Rapid and Push or Fold formats. Complete daily and weekly quests to earn instant cash rewards.

ACR Poker (WPN): Dual Venom, Run Up Series, 25th Anniversary

ACR Poker $2,650 The Venom Mystery Bounty NLHE $12M GTD and $2,650 The Venom Mystery Bounty PLO $3M GTD begin on August 13.

Both tournaments feature eight starting flights this time, running on August 13, 16, 17, 20, 23, 24, 27, and 30. Top bounty (NLHE): $500K. Top bounty (PLO): $250K

Read more about the tournaments here.

Run Up Series $10M+ GTD Runs Through August 17

The schedule features 163 tournaments with buy-ins ranging from $11 to $1,050 and guarantees of up to $1M. Read more here.

The biggest event is the multi-flight $66 Mystery Bounty $1M GTD. Flights run throughout the series, with a top bounty of $100K.

The schedule also includes three two-day Main Events, with Day 1 starting on August 16:

• $1,050 buy-in — $750K GTD
• $215 buy-in — $400K GTD
• $33 buy-in — $200K GTD

The series also features a $100K leaderboard, split into High and Low divisions.

• High Division winner: $10K + Venom NLH Ticket + Venom PLO Ticket
• Low Division winner: $5K + Venom NLH Ticket + Venom PLO Ticket

25th Anniversary Special $2.5M GTD — Flights Through September 28

This special tournament celebrates the 25th anniversary of the WPN network. Buy-in: $250. Flight stacks carry over and are combined. 

Regular promotions continue unchanged.

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

• The leaderboard starts on Saturday at 00:00 ET and runs until 23:59 ET the following Friday.
• 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 (for cash players) and Blitz Beast (for Blitz players) Leaderboards Rules

• 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: $50M Global Online Poker Championship & CoinMillion & The CoinPoker 3-Bet Club

The new CoinPoker Global Online Poker Championship $50M GTD series kicks off on August 23 and runs through September 28.

This is the largest guarantee in the poker room’s history. For comparison, the Battle of Malta guarantee was $30M, and the World Poker Masters had a $25M guarantee.

Schedule TBA. Look forward to:

• 700+ tournaments
• 3 regional schedules
• Medals progression system
• Digital and physical trophies
• Permanent Hall of Fame

The CoinPoker 3-Bet Club Launches a New Monthly Premium Subscription

The CoinPoker 3-Bet Club launches on August 17 for $35 per month, offering several exclusive benefits:

Rewards Boost. Receive a permanent 10% cashback on all games at CoinPoker, including cash games and all MTTs.

Action Multiplier. Based on your individual activity, your Rewards Boost can increase to 12.5% or 15%.

Power Ups. Activate a 1.5x Rewards Boost for 12 hours. Up to six activations are available each month.

Tournament Discounts. Save on buy-ins for selected tournaments. The eligible events have not yet been announced.

Exclusive Visuals. Members receive exclusive avatars, emojis, and throwables.

To celebrate the launch, CoinPoker is offering a 20% discount on the first month, reducing the subscription price to $28.

$215 CoinMillion $1M GTD Starts on August 9

CoinPoker has decided to make the $215 CoinMillion $1M GTD a monthly event. The next editions are scheduled for September 6 and October 4.

Players can qualify through satellites, starting with freerolls:

• Freeroll Step [4] → $0.3 Step [3] → $3.3 Step [2] → $25 Satellite
• Freeroll Step [4] → $0.5 Step [3] → $4.4 Step [2] → $44 Satellite
• $0.1 Step [3] → $1.1 Step [2] → $11 Satellite 

RedStar (iPoker): $20 Bonus for a $20 LuxonPay Deposit + Regular Promotions Unchanged

The promotion is available to players who have never made a deposit via LuxonPay before. If you’ve previously deposited to RedStar Poker using LuxonPay, you are not eligible for the bonus.

Make a $20/€20 or larger deposit via LuxonPay by August 31 and receive an instant $20 bonus credited to your account.

To unlock the bonus, you need to earn 200 Status Points at the poker tables (equivalent to generating $20 in rake).

The bonus can only be claimed once.

Regular promotions continue unchanged.

€3K Daily Twister Sprint Leaderboards

To participate in the promotion, click “Opt In” in the missions section.

The prize pool is divided into three sections:

• Low: for tournaments from €0.25 to €5. 200 players in the prize pool. The main prize is 4 Twister tickets worth €25.
• Medium: for tournaments from €10 to €25. 75 players in the prize pool. The main prize is 4 Twister tickets worth €50.
• High: for tournaments from €50 to €200. 30 players in the prize pool. The main prize is 3 Twister tickets worth €100.

Points are awarded for playing Twister tournaments. The number of points depends on the multiplier (the lower the multiplier, the more points). A point multiplier is also applied based on the buy-in.

25 Twisters are counted. After playing 5 Twisters, you can reset your progress if things aren’t going well. Only classic Twisters are eligible for this promotion (Wild Twister, Age of the Gods Twisters are not included).

$25K Lottery 

To participate, complete any of the following tasks:

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

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

BCPoker: $150K Be.Champ Series

The series runs through August 31 on BCPoker.

The main event in the schedule is the daily $7 Hat Trick PKO $1K GTD (starts at 15:00 GMT). The tournament’s special feature: eliminate three players and get your buy-in back.

The biggest Be.Champ Series tournaments:

• August 29 — $50 BCPoker Apex $15K GTD
• Every Sunday — $20 Sunday Gems $4K GTD
• Daily — $3 Daily Party Classic $500 GTD

The $3K daily cash drops and the $500 daily leaderboard for cash game players are also still running.

WPT Global: WPT Asia Series Overdrive $29M+ GTD

The series runs through August 30. Winners of the trophy tournaments will receive a real WPT Global Champion ring.

WPT Ring Events include seven one-day tournaments and six multi-flight events. All buy-ins and guarantees are listed in Chinese yuan, with the exchange rate of $1 = ¥6.78.

WPT Ring Overdrive — one-day tournaments starting at 12:05 GMT:

• ¥588 Mystery Overheat ¥1.5M GTD — August 9
• ¥660 Redline Championship ¥2M GTD — August 16
• ¥660 Mystery Nitro Championship ¥2M GTD — August 26
• ¥880 Grand Prix Main Event ¥2.5M GTD — August 30

WPT Ring MYSTER¥ — multi-flight tournaments. The dates below show Day 2 (starting at 13:30 GMT):

• ¥88 Throttle ¥1M GTD — August 9
• ¥188 Top Gear ¥2M GTD — August 16
• ¥188 Boost Mode ¥2.5M GTD — August 26
• ¥188 Full Throttle ¥3M GTD — August 30

The series also features a ¥2M leaderboard with 10 paid places. Points are awarded based on the tournament type, finishing position, whether the player registered before the start (Early Bird), and whether they busted on the bubble while holding Early Bird status.

A total of ¥2.1M will be awarded through daily missions. Players can complete missions to receive tickets to All-In Flip tournaments, which run every hour. Through them, players can qualify for the daily Daily Final with a ¥50,000 prize pool.

40% Rakeback for Cash Game Starters

Start High cash game table (minimum for NLHE $25/50/100 or ¥100/200/400, for Short Deck ¥200) to receive 40% rakeback. Rakeback is paid out every Monday at 12:00 UTC.

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 is also continuing 

All players at any PLO and PLO-5 tables receive 30% rakeback. You can learn more about The series runs through August 30. Winners of the trophy tournaments will receive a real WPT Global Champion ring.

WPT Ring Events include seven one-day tournaments and six multi-flight events. All buy-ins and guarantees are listed in Chinese yuan, with the exchange rate of $1 = ¥6.78.

WPT Ring Overdrive — one-day tournaments starting at 12:05 GMT:

• ¥588 Mystery Overheat ¥1.5M GTD — August 9
• ¥660 Redline Championship ¥2M GTD — August 16
• ¥660 Mystery Nitro Championship ¥2M GTD — August 26
• ¥880 Grand Prix Main Event ¥2.5M GTD — August 30

WPT Ring MYSTER¥ — multi-flight tournaments. The dates below show Day 2 (starting at 13:30 GMT):

• ¥88 Throttle ¥1M GTD — August 9
• ¥188 Top Gear ¥2M GTD — August 16
• ¥188 Boost Mode ¥2.5M GTD — August 26
• ¥188 Full Throttle ¥3M GTD — August 30

The series also features a ¥2M leaderboard with 10 paid places. Points are awarded based on the tournament type, finishing position, whether the player registered before the start (Early Bird), and whether they busted on the bubble while holding Early Bird status.

A total of ¥2.1M will be awarded through daily missions. Players can complete missions to receive tickets to All-In Flip tournaments, which run every hour. Through them, players can qualify for the daily Daily Final with a ¥50,000 prize pool.

40% Rakeback for Cash Game Starters

Start High cash game table (minimum for NLHE $25/50/100 or ¥100/200/400, for Short Deck ¥200) to receive 40% rakeback. Rakeback is paid out every Monday at 12:00 UTC.

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 is also continuing 

All players at any PLO and PLO-5 tables receive 30% rakeback. You can learn more about The series runs through August 30. Winners of the trophy tournaments will receive a real WPT Global Champion ring.

WPT Ring Events include seven one-day tournaments and six multi-flight events. All buy-ins and guarantees are listed in Chinese yuan, with the exchange rate of $1 = ¥6.78.

WPT Ring Overdrive — one-day tournaments starting at 12:05 GMT:

• ¥588 Mystery Overheat ¥1.5M GTD — August 9
• ¥660 Redline Championship ¥2M GTD — August 16
• ¥660 Mystery Nitro Championship ¥2M GTD — August 26
• ¥880 Grand Prix Main Event ¥2.5M GTD — August 30

WPT Ring MYSTER¥ — multi-flight tournaments. The dates below show Day 2 (starting at 13:30 GMT):

• ¥88 Throttle ¥1M GTD — August 9
• ¥188 Top Gear ¥2M GTD — August 16
• ¥188 Boost Mode ¥2.5M GTD — August 26
• ¥188 Full Throttle ¥3M GTD — August 30

The series also features a ¥2M leaderboard with 10 paid places. Points are awarded based on the tournament type, finishing position, whether the player registered before the start (Early Bird), and whether they busted on the bubble while holding Early Bird status.

A total of ¥2.1M will be awarded through daily missions. Players can complete missions to receive tickets to All-In Flip tournaments, which run every hour. Through them, players can qualify for the daily Daily Final with a ¥50,000 prize pool.

40% Rakeback for Cash Game Starters

Start High cash game table (minimum for NLHE $25/50/100 or ¥100/200/400, for Short Deck ¥200) to receive 40% rakeback. Rakeback is paid out every Monday at 12:00 UTC.

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 is also continuing 

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

GGPoker: $20M PLO Series & WSOP Online

GGPoker PLO Series runs through August 17. The guarantee is twice as large as last year’s series.

The schedule features tournaments with buy-ins ranging from $15 to $10,000.

The biggest tournaments:

$215 Mystery Bounty Main Event — $100K Top Bounty $1M GTD

Flights run at 16:30, 19:30, and 22:30 GMT. The combined Day starts on August 10 at 19:00 GMT.

The top bounty is $100K. The tournament pays 10% of participants. Players can enter multiple flights, with stacks combined.

$2,100 PLO Bounty High Roller $1M GTD

Flights run daily at 13:30, 17:30, and 21:30 GMT. The combined Day starts on August 17 at 19:00 GMT.

The series also features a $200,000 leaderboard with 1,500 paid places. The minimum prize is $T20. The winner will receive $T15,000 + a $5K WSOP Online Main Event ticket.

WSOP Online Series Starts on August 16

The schedule has not been released yet. It is only known that 33 bracelets will be awarded. The winner of each bracelet event will receive a $30K WSOP Paradise package to the Bahamas.

$7.5M in Regular Leaderboards

Up $1 million from the previous 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 a certain discipline.

Stake: $90K Stake.com 9th Birthday Special 

A special tournament with a $9 buy-in and a $90K guarantee will take place on Stake on August 8th, starting at 17:00 GMT. The tournament will be a PKO format, with a high chance of overlay.

PokerStars: $5M GTD Sunday Million Anniversary 20th & $6,5M WCOOP Boot Camp 

The Sunday Million is celebrating its 20th anniversary. PokerStars’ flagship tournament will be held in a phased format with a $109 buy-in (3% of entrants in the money) and PKOs. The combined day is September 6. 

WCOOP Boot Camp $6.5M GTD runs through August 17

The schedule features 130 tournaments (65 Low and 65 High events) across 12 formats, with buy-ins starting from $2.20.

The main events start on August 16:

• $109 Main Event Low $500K GTD
• $1,050 Main Event High $300K GTD

The dates for WCOOP have also been announced. The new series will run from September 6 to September 30.

KKPoker: $600K 6th Anniversary Road Trip

KKPoker celebrates its birthday with a tournament series running from August 1 to August 23.

The biggest events are two multi-flight tournaments:

$300 TOP GEAR PKO $200K GTD — Day 2 starts on August 23 at 13:00 GMT

$30 ROADSTER MYSTERY BOUNTY $100K GTD — Day 2 starts on August 23 at 15:00 GMT.

The Win with 6s promotion is also running on the site until August 7.

Players need to win hands with 66 of any suits at FLASH-NLH tables with stakes up to $0.10/$0.20.

For every 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25 qualifying hands, players receive one bonus wheel spin with random prizes.

Prize probabilities:

• $1 SpinUp ticket — 20%
• x20 time bank — 20%
• 3-day Platinum Card — 20%
• $3 Anniversary satellite ticket — 13%
• $2 in NUTS coins — 13%
• $20 Anniversary satellite ticket — 6%
• $30 Anniversary ticket — 4.5%
• $25 cashback card — 2%
• $60 in NUTS coins — 1%
• $300 Anniversary ticket — 0.5%

Phenom Poker: $200 Sunday Mixer $4K GTD 

Phenom has added a new regular 9-Game tournament.

The $200 Sunday Mixer $4K GTD starts every Sunday at 18:15 GMT. Daily $25 satellites are available with a guarantee of one ticket.

The 9-Game mix includes:

• Limit Omaha Hi/Lo
• Stud
• NL 2-7 Single Draw
• Limit Hold’em
• Razz
• PLO
• 2-7 Triple Draw
• Stud8
• NLHE

Sunday Mixer will replace the $50 H.E.R.O.S. $1K GTD tournament.

Phenom aims for Sunday Mixer to become the biggest regular mixed-game tournament. This goal looks achievable. Mixed-game tournaments are only available on PokerStars (the biggest regular events are the $82 Sunday HORSE $2K GTD and $44 8-Game Tarantula $2K GTD) and RedStar (a €10 tournament with no guarantee).

KKPoker celebrates its birthday with a tournament series running from August 1 to August 23.

The biggest events are two multi-flight tournaments:

$300 TOP GEAR PKO $200K GTD — Day 2 starts on August 23 at 13:00 GMT

$30 ROADSTER MYSTERY BOUNTY $100K GTD — Day 2 starts on August 23 at 15:00 GMT.

The Win with 6s promotion is also running on the site until August 7.

Players need to win hands with 66 of any suits at FLASH-NLH tables with stakes up to $0.10/$0.20.

For every 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25 qualifying hands, players receive one bonus wheel spin with random prizes.

Prize probabilities:

• $1 SpinUp ticket — 20%
• x20 time bank — 20%
• 3-day Platinum Card — 20%
• $3 Anniversary satellite ticket — 13%
• $2 in NUTS coins — 13%
• $20 Anniversary satellite ticket — 6%
• $30 Anniversary ticket — 4.5%
• $25 cashback card — 2%
• $60 in NUTS coins — 1%
• $300 Anniversary ticket — 0.5%

Phenom Poker: $200 Sunday Mixer $4K GTD 

Phenom has added a new regular 9-Game tournament.

The $200 Sunday Mixer $4K GTD starts every Sunday at 18:15 GMT. Daily $25 satellites are available with a guarantee of one ticket.

The 9-Game mix includes:

• Limit Omaha Hi/Lo
• Stud
• NL 2-7 Single Draw
• Limit Hold’em
• Razz
• PLO
• 2-7 Triple Draw
• Stud8
• NLHE

Sunday Mixer will replace the $50 H.E.R.O.S. $1K GTD tournament.

Phenom aims for Sunday Mixer to become the biggest regular mixed-game tournament. This goal looks achievable. Mixed-game tournaments are only available on PokerStars (the biggest regular events are the $82 Sunday HORSE $2K GTD and $44 8-Game Tarantula $2K GTD) and RedStar (a €10 tournament with no guarantee).

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