CoinPoker's Global Online Poker Championship Kicks Off with $50M Prize Pool

CoinPoker launched its Global Online Poker Championship over the weekend, featuring a combined $50 million guaranteed prize pool across the whole schedule. The 37-day series features over 700 events across three regions and runs through Sept. 28.

The festival is anchored by a $3 million guaranteed Main Event with a $530 buy-in. It is supported by a $1 million guaranteed Global Main with a $55 buy-in and a $250,000 guaranteed Mini Main with an $11 buy-in.

Despite a brief technical disruption, they crowned the first few champions, including one of the game’s most feared players taking down the high roller. Jesse Lonis scored the series’ first title, topping 83 players in the $5,200 no-limit hold’em high roller on the opening day of the series. He secured $153,400 and a Gold GOPC medal. The field featured several top poker pros, including Patrick Leonard, Benjamin ‘Bencb’ Rolle, and Seth Davies. Alejandro Lococo also played the event before his scheduled Las Vegas appearance on PokerGO’s High Stakes Poker alongside CoinPoker ambassador Yoh Viral.