[CoinPoker] - Official - Bringing the Game Back to Players

Wow, I was seriously considering putting in heavy action over the summer after work slowed down. It was great playing on a site that catered to the players a lot more than others.

In my mind, here's what worked and what didn't:

The rakeback system was not ideal, but still a lot better than the rake at other US facing sites.

The UI was pretty clean. The only real issue was the replayer being so crappy. The icons and text could also have been a little bigger. Most tables were full of anonymous Facebook icons for avatars which would have been a little off-putting if I was a recreational.

They used to have satellites for almost every single tournament, even the $15 tournaments, so you could reduce variance a grind your way up even with a small bankroll.

When the rakeback period ends, I am GONE! GONE! GONE! like Tony G's JKo opponent, unless things improve substantially.

Getting like $30 RB per day from just MTTs is so amazing. Is there any chance CoinPoker keeps giving decent rakeback in April or is everyone thinking they'll bait and switch?

Got the reply. Direct conversion is not possible. There will be a $0.33 bonus for every $1.00 rake. Final conversion rate will be confirmed later.

MatiKosa, thanks for the update. I didn't have any CHP, but it is interesting to be informed of everything going on in background.

Are UK players allowed on the site?

Out of all the issues that the software has right now, this has to be on the bottom of the totem pole. Games are tough, they should have wait for bb instead of posting, hell they should just give it back to the players if they can't resolve that basic of an issue, it creates all sort of problems for the player just joining with the least amount of information and horrible position to start the game off. Everyone loses in blinds.

Following up here - I DM'ed you with no response.

I emailed support - no response.

Coin has lost my trust entirely.

yes

Its literally in the t&cs that UK players not allowed as restricted territory. Doesnt mean UK players dont play on there but does mean at any stage Coinpoker can just withold money and nothing UK player can do about it.

UK players are allowed if they lose money, but if they win coinpoker can confiscate their winnings, even if they completed KYC verification.
Coinpoker will use the excuse that UK is a restricted territory.

Just replied to your DM. We have a high volume of emails and messages since the new software launch, apologies for the delay. I have your username and will help chase that up, it's $40 in your case I was informed small amounts can be done out of goodwill and that has always been the case.

Was this a large amount? They usually evaluate this on a case by case basis for each player and based on the amount.

This fee was lowered to 2.5% today in the latest client update.

I've reminded the devs of this again now and it is in the queue for fixing asap.

Also this is being worked on, we do appreciate how serious that is. If it affected you mid-hand you will be refunded of course.

Glad to hear, and yes we do have some announcements coming soon on rakeback which players should be happy with.

Interesting, thanks for this, im a UK player myself and had been playing on the old coinpoker software unaware of this

Yep, im also UK so leaves us in bit of a rubbish situation. 888 are shockingly bad at everything, GG rake is ridiculous. Coinpoker was best apart from fact we strictly arent allowed and i dont fancy risking leaving my cash somewhere that it cant be said to be safe at all. Im more surprised that CP literally advise to use VPN to get around this but then we are totally screwed if they ever decide to just keep the money and from reading above in this thread they have done just that to at least 1 other.

Coin poker is open for everyone to sign up, deposit and play because it opens up a global market. If they geo blocked restricted territories then they would not have a player pool anywhere near as big as they want.

Sign up, do not use a VPN, do not be underage and you will be ok for KYC and AML.

We have to trust coin poker not to **** us with T&C’s.

Fair play from both sides is required.

iI they introduce a good rake system then this site will rocket. Or it will collapse and they may run off with all the players funds.

Hopefully not

It’s not in coin pokers interest to create bad press by withholding funds and closing accounts. They want as many players paying to play. Building a massive player pool and generating massive profit.

Yeah id agree with all this, just a tricky situation as well...we dont even know who the owner is (which is lol in itself) so effectively trusting a complete stranger with cash and thats unnatural. I guess each to their own on whether to take such risk. I like coinpoker, i find their customer service top rate also which is rare for a poker site, but i guess they cant come out and say "yeah dont worry, we just ignore the law so youll be fine!"

Yes, tell this to that UK player whose funds (over 3M euros) were confiscated by coincasino (same site and management of coinpoker) because he played, without VPN, from a restricted territory.
He even completed KYC verification.

That is not accurate, he received all his deposits back.

If you play with VPN. How you going to prove you live in that country when you don’t. So when it comes to KYC and they ask for proof of address, guess what -you will be fcuked because you used vpn which is not allowed in T&C’s.

Also he was lucky he received his deposits back. For heavens sake do not leave large amounts on a gambling site - it’s not a regulated bank or even a regulated site in your country!!!

He DID NOT use a VPN.
He completed KYC verification, coinpoker knew he was playing from a restricted country.
Only after he won a lot of money (over 3M euros from a 300K deposit), coinpoker decided he was against ToS and confiscated his winnings.

Very lucky he received his deposits back? LOL
Coinpoker stole 10x that sum.

I wouldve thought that asking to withdraw 3m would have placed coin in awkward position of having to ask perhaps and then theyd be tied to their t&cs. I dont see myself asking for 3m sadly so not something i expect to arise in that way.

CP, I wonder if you have tested the performance of the client before you choose to let this Baazipoker software to be your new platform.
I now wonder how much influence and chance you have at all, to repair this horrible CPU and GPU eating performance.
Is there any part of your software on github? Here are some thoughts:

A poker table UI is actually one of the simplest graphical applications possible.

Yet with Electron it becomes:

Chromium
+ CSS engine
+ JS runtime
+ GPU compositor
+ framework layers

Which is why a modern poker client can require more CPU than a 3D game.

The most probable technical issue is:
multiple Electron renderer processes + continuous animation loops

4 tables =4 Chromium renderers.
Each renderer runs:

its own JS engine (V8)
layout engine
rendering pipeline
event loop

That alone can push CPU usage high.

Even a simple Electron window often consumes:
200–400 MB RAM and noticeable CPU.

Now imagine:
main window
+ lobby
+ multiple tables

Each may be its own renderer.

Possible fixes

1. **Single renderer window**
Do **not open a BrowserWindow per table**.
Use one window and render all tables inside it.

2. **Event-driven rendering**
Remove constant `requestAnimationFrame` loops.
Update UI **only when something changes** (card dealt, timer tick, bet).

3. **Shared render loop**
If animations are needed, run **one global loop**, not one per table.

4. **Use Canvas/WebGL instead of heavy DOM**
Rendering cards/chips via DOM + CSS is expensive.
Canvas or WebGL scales far better.

5. **Throttle FPS**
Poker tables do not need 60 FPS.
Limit rendering to something like **10–20 FPS**.

6. **Avoid polling loops**
Use server events (WebSocket) instead of constant polling.

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In short:

**One Electron renderer + event-driven UI + shared rendering pipeline.**

That alone could reduce CPU usage **dramatically** even without changing the tech stack.

Good luck