CoinPoker Adds Support for Fiat Deposits in 25 Countries, Adds USDC Stablecoin

Leading crypto poker site CoinPoker has now added support for fiat payments in around 25 countries, as well as stablecoin USDC for all players.

Leading crypto poker site CoinPoker has now added support for fiat payments in around 25 countries, as well as stablecoin USDC for all players.

If you’re based in one of the following jurisdictions, you’ll notice a new ‘Deposit by Bank Transfer’ option within the CoinPoker software client: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UAE, and the United Kingdom.

On that tab you’ll then find a SEPA widget to deposit EUR (or GBP in the UK) and be able to generate a unique IBAN and Swift Code to send your transfer to. Find a full guide on the CoinPoker website.

If players still wish to use cryptocurrency to avoid KYC, they can – the extra option to deposit with EUR or GBP however appears to be proving very popular with many players.

The site’s traffic has seen a sharp rise. PokerScout now ranks CoinPoker among the top online poker rooms for its 33% rakeback deal and high-stakes action, which includes some of the ‘best and most exciting players in the world.’

Adding support for USD Coin (USDC) may have also brought in an influx of new players concerned over Tether (USDT) – the leading stablecoin that has now been delisted from Coinbase due to MiCA regulations.

Some Canada-facing exchanges had also removed USDT trading pairs prior. While USDT is likely not going anywhere in the long term, and is still supported on most exchanges, the additional option to deposit with USDC is a welcome move for many players.

Currently USDC is supported on the Ethereum network and now appears in the dropdown menu of supported cryptos, alongside BTC, ETH, BNB, POL (formerly MATIC), CHP, and USDT.

Last week saw several high-profile, heads-up battles across both high-stakes no-limit hold’em and pot-limit Omaha.

Owen ‘Pr0digy’ Messere and Linus ‘LLinusLL0ve’ Loeliger were seen two tabling $100-$200. The two are no strangers to battle, with Messere having won CoinPoker’s Cash Game World Championship and Loeliger taking third place.

Meanwhile, László ‘Omaha4rollz’ Bujtás took on unknown crusher ‘GucciNIKE’ at $300-$600 PLO5.

In a second livestream, Bobby James also brought on fellow UK pro and coach ‘Pr0digy’ to chat poker strategy.

‘Omaha4rollz’ and ‘GucciNike’ continued their regular 5-Card PLO battles on CoinPoker, with hundreds of thousands of dollars spread over two tables.

In one huge $153,000 pot, ‘GucciNIKE’ three-bet preflop, then correctly shut down on all three streets having flopped quads.

Out of position, he checked flop, turn, and river, which induced a triple barrel bluff on 6-9-9-4-A.

Bujtás missed his flush draw but still moved all-in on the river for a $49,000 overbet with 8-3-6-4-A, holding blockers to most boats but running into the K-K-9-9-6 of ‘GucciNIKE.’

At the time of writing the pair have been playing for close to eight hours, both over 200 big blinds deep. ‘Omaha4rollz’ has also taken on another high-stakes PLO reg ‘PencilArms’ for some sessions this week.

The March High Stakes thread on TwoPlusTwo has been dominated by CoinPoker hand histories, alongside ‘Sanita55’ taking on all comers at the PLO tables on PokerStars.