Seven days. One race. Bigger pots, tournament tickets, and a brand-new look.
Grinders, we heard you. A daily leaderboard meant a reset every midnight. A bad night off the felt could cost you the whole day, and the Sunday grinder got the same 24 hours as everyone else.
So we're bringing it back: the Grind Prix is a weekly race again.
How the weekly race works
🗓️ One week, one leaderboard. Every board runs from Monday 00:00 to Sunday 23:59 UTC. Play Tuesday, take Wednesday off, go big on the weekend. Every hand you play during the week counts toward one standing.
🎯 Five boards, one for each stake band:
Board | Who's racing |
|---|---|
Nano | The smallest stakes on the site |
Micro | Micro stakes |
Low | Low stakes |
Mid | Mid stakes |
High | High stakes |
Each board has its own prize pool, filled by play at its own stakes. You're racing players at your own level, not the whales.
📈 How you score: your points come from the rake you pay at cash tables in that band, on hands dealt to three or more players. Points games count on the board that matches their point value.
💰 Where the prize pool comes from: 4% of every board's cash-game rake goes back to the race. 3.2% funds this week's prizes, and 0.8% seeds next week's pot, so no board ever starts from zero. Every board also has a guaranteed minimum prize pool.
✅ How to qualify: pay the board's qualifying amount in rake during the week. The exact figure for each board is in the rules (tap the info icon on the leaderboard).
The big one: prizes now come as CHIP plus tickets or T$
Prizes used to be paid in CHIP only. Now most paid places get CHIP plus a bonus piece:
- Tournament tickets on every board, worth 5, 10, 25, 50, 100 or 200.
- T$ on Nano and Micro (1 T$ or 2 T$), for places whose prize is too small for a ticket.
Two promises that keep it fair:
- CHIP is always the main part of your prize. The ticket or T$ part is never more than a third of what you won.
- A higher place never gets less CHIP than the place below it. Finishing higher always pays more CHIP, every time.
And nothing gets taken away: the ticket or T$ comes out of your prize, so the CHIP and the ticket add up to exactly what you won.
What that looks like on the Low board:
Place prize | You receive |
|---|---|
250 | 🎟️ 50 ticket + 200 CHIP |
100 | 🎟️ 25 ticket + 75 CHIP |
50 | 🎟️ 10 ticket + 40 CHIP |
And on Nano (a real week, replayed with the new rules):
Place prize | You receive |
|---|---|
26.348 | 🎟️ 5 ticket + 21.348 CHIP |
13.972 | 2 T$ + 11.972 CHIP |
5.908 | 1 T$ + 4.908 CHIP |
2.156 | 2.156 CHIP |
Using your prize ticket
- Use it on any paid tournament that costs at least the ticket's value, satellites and steps included. If the buy-in costs more, pay the rest in CHIP or T$.
- It shows up in your Tickets tab like any other ticket.
- It expires 45 days after you receive it, so use it.
- Prize T$ never expires. It goes straight into your T$ balance.
Win the grind, then take a shot at a tournament on us.
A fresh new leaderboard ✨
The leaderboard has a whole new look:
- A podium for the top 3, with animated gold, silver and bronze borders.
- Country flags next to every ranked player. Rep your flag.
- Your row stands out, with a purple highlight and a YOU tag. Scroll away and it sticks to the screen so you always know where you stand. Tap it to jump back.
- Rank arrows show who's climbing and who's falling.
- Separate CHIP and Ticket columns, so you can see exactly what each place pays.
- Built for mobile too, and the same look shows in the leaderboard tab at your cash table, so you can check your rank mid-session.
- The countdown shows exactly how long is left in the week.
Winners get an email 📬
When the week ends, every player who won a prize gets a results email. It shows your board, your final place, your points, what you won (CHIP plus ticket or T$) and the board's top three.
Quick FAQ
When does the week reset? Monday 00:00 UTC. Check the countdown on the leaderboard.
Do heads-up hands count? No. Only hands dealt to three or more players score.
I play more than one stake. Which board am I on? Every board you play on. Your play at each stake counts toward that band's board, so you can be racing on more than one at once.
Is my ticket really a ticket, or just a bonus? It's a real tournament ticket. It sits in your Tickets tab and works on any paid event worth at least its value.
Does my T$ prize expire? No. Prize T$ never expires.
Seven days to climb. Five boards to conquer. CHIP, tickets and T$ for the winners.
The grind is on. See you at the tables. 🃏
