Ch1dd3nl4y3r, Yafish Shine At CoinPoker’s Historic Winter Festival

CoinPoker’s Winter Festival delivered record-breaking participation, paid out more than $11,000,000 in prize pools, and produced two headline performances: Yafish’s historic run and Ch1dd3nl4y3r turning a $50 satellite into a huge $28,800 score at the Winter Masters Series Main Event.

Record Participation and Guarantees Smashed

The CoinPoker Winter Festival concluded as one of the most successful online tournament series in the platform’s history. It surpassed most of its guaranteed prize pools and attracted high global participation.

Originally announced with a $10 million guarantee, the series easily exceeded expectations. The Winter Masters Series alone paid out $9.5 million, beating its $8 million guarantee.

Across the full festival, players generated exceptional prize pool growth through a high number of online satellites as well as the three-stage format.

Winter Festival by the Numbers

• Events: 690
• Total Entries: 162,447
• Total Guarantee: $10,000,000
• Total Prize Pool: $11,094,726
• Satellites: 1,673
• Biggest Event: 1,663 entries
• Largest Cash: $60,910

The final Sunday featured $1,065,000 in guaranteed prize pools, which players exceeded by a wide margin, driving total payouts to $1,321,913, a 24% increase.

Yafish’s Historic Sunrun Continues

Yafish continued his incredible heater at the Winter Festival, producing one of the most dominant series runs ever recorded on CoinPoker.

Yafish secured 13 tournament victories while competing in 315 events.

Yafish’s success extended beyond individual titles. He finished first in the Medium Tier Winter Masters Leaderboard, earning $7,500, and added an eighth-place finish in the High Tier Leaderboard for $2,500, bringing his leaderboard earnings to $10,000.

On top of that, he also won three unique CoinMasters Coins (PEPE, SHIBA, and DOGE) within only two weeks. An achievement rarely seen in the online poker tournament scene.

Another well-known name to finish in the Top 10 of the High Tier Leaderboard was British poker streamer and CoinPoker partner Trotmant.

https://twitter.com/trotmantpoker/status/2016255284365136015

Ch1dd3nl4y3r Turns $50 Into $28,800

The Winter Festival also delivered one of the series’ most compelling individual success stories through Ch1dd3nl4y3r.

After qualifying for the $500 Winter Masters Main Event via a $50 satellite, Ch1dd3nl4y3r navigated an elite 763-player field and made it all the way to the final table.

He ultimately finished third for $28,800, which was the eighth-largest cash of the entire series.

His run highlights that the poker dream of turning a small buy-in into a significant score remains very much alive at CoinPoker.

Winter Masters Main Events and Leaderboards

The Winter Masters Main Events drew strong fields at every buy-in level:

• $15 Low Main Event: 1,655 entries · $23,000 prize pool
• $75 Medium Main Event: 1,329 entries · $92,000 prize pool
• $500 High Main Event: 763 entries · $359,000 prize pool

The new leaderboard format has received strong positive feedback from the community, further highlighting one of the standout elements of the series. An additional $100,000 across three Winter Masters Leaderboards rewarded both consistency and skill.

What’s crazy good about the $100,000 Winter Festival leaderboard on @CoinPoker_OFF

• Only your best 10 results count
• Low volume & recs can win big
• Pre-register = +20% points

Thats how you create good games, without hurting the EV of Pros/Recs.

Check the leaderboard…

— bencb (@bencb789) January 14, 2026

PapaPoor claimed the High Tier for $15,000, Yafish won the Medium Tier for $7,500, and Mikenificent secured the Low Tier for $2,500.

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