CoinPoker launches $5M GTD tourney - Become a Millionaire for only $250

Mauritz Altikardes

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Last updated: Tue 15 Sep 2026 14:26

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CoinPoker's "The One" tournament comes with $5,000,000 GTD and $1,000,000 for first place
$250 entry. Tournament has 26 starting flights with multiple free and cheap satellites
Players worldwide can join, with crypto/fiat deposits accepted

CoinPoker's brand-new flagship tournament, $5 \Million GTD The One promises to make the champion an instant millionaire. The crazy part? Direct entry is just $250.

Free tickets and satellites are already lined up for this massive debut, as explained on this page.

New players can register with the CoinPoker promo code HUGE for tournament access and to start with a 150% deposit match.

$5M The One Overview

Feature	Details
Event	The One (Inaugural Annual Flagship)
Prize Pool (GTD)	$5,000,000
First-Place Prize	$1,000,000 GTD (4,000x buy-in return)
Direct Buy-In	$250
Starting Stack	125,000 chips (125 big blinds)
Satellites & Freerolls Run	28 September-12 October 2026
Day 1 Flights	4–12 October 2026 (26 flights total)
Day 2 Finale	12 October 2026

Pick Your Battles From 26 Starting Flights

CoinPoker is running 26 separate Day 1 starting flights between 4-12 October. Every regular flight features 10-minute blind levels and a 2.5-hour late-registration window.

To wrap things up, 12 October adds two fast-paced turbo flights (5-minute levels) right before Day 2 gets underway.

Standard Day 1 Flights (4–11 October)

Three flights daily with 10-minute levels and 2.5 hours of late reg:

Flight 1: 13:30 UTC
Flight 2: 16:30 UTC
Flight 3: 19:30 UTC

Turbo Last-Chance Flights (12 October)

Two turbo flights with 5-minute levels playing straight into Day 2:

Turbo Flight 1: 12:30 UTC
Turbo Flight 2: 14:00 UTC

The One "Flight Buy-In-Back" Explained

CoinPoker is introducing a player-friendly mechanic called Flight Buy-In-Back. You can fire as many Day 1 flights as you want, and surviving into Day 2 pays out immediately:

Full Buy-In Refund: Every single time you bag chips for Day 2, CoinPoker refunds your $250 flight buy-in in cold hard cash.
Best Stack Moves On: If you qualify multiple times your largest stack advances to Day 2.
Extra Bags Become Cash Bonuses: Redundant qualifying stacks convert directly into a cash bonus paid into your balance.

The One Free Tickets

Even poker peasants with zero bankroll can get their hands on wife-chang… I mean, life-changing money that The One offers.

The satellite ladder fires up on 28 September, right as the $50M Global Online Poker Championship (GOPC) wraps up:

Freerolls ($0): Free-to-enter tournaments running daily from 28 September to 12 October, awarding direct seats.
Step Satellites ($0.10+): Micro-stake cent-rolls for players on a shoestring budget.
Direct Satellites ($5.50+): Low-cost direct qualifiers running round-the-clock.
Daily Re-Entry Leaderboard: From 4 to 11 October, the top three players with the most real-money re-entries each day win a free $250 ticket to The One (leaderboards reset daily at 00:00 UTC).
Discord Hero Community Pass: Active in the community? CoinPoker's official Discord votes on a monthly Discord Hero. The September winner walks away with a free $250 ticket to The One plus a private coaching session.

Mauritz Altikardes is a self-proclaimed writer - more accurately an opinion machine with a keyboard - and a proud inductee of the Swedish Poker Hall of Fame, not for his skills at the table (he’s still chasing that elusive big score), but for his long-standing contributions as an enabler and supporter of grassroots poker and live events across Sweden.

When he's not creating content or traveling to poker tournaments abroad, Mauritz sharpens his competitive edge in a local home game variant called Chicago - a game he suspiciously wins a bit too often. Some call it strategy. Others call it a hustle. He calls it rent.

Outside of poker, Mauritz is obsessed with padel, football and the beautiful chaos of strategic thinking - whether it’s applied to games, business, or convincing himself that 7-2 offsuit is playable “just this once”.

His writing blends humor, observation, and a love for the stories that live between the lines - always curious, slightly irreverent, and never far from the next bluff (on or off the page).