Get Ready For Coach Battle 2025 On KKPoker

Mrinal
30 Jan 2025
Mrinal Gujare 30 Jan 2025
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KKPoker has unveiled a new promotion called Coach Battle 2025. This promotion is aimed at bringing together the online poker community for some competitive prizes and coaching. 

KKPoker’s Coach Battle 2025 allows players to compete for prizes and along with a chance to better their skills at the game. This promotion runs from January 27 to March 10.

This competition will include prominent poker figures such as Dara O'Kearney, Stoyan Obreshkov, and Karim Chelli as team leaders, providing participants with an opportunity to improve their skills while competing for cash prizes.

Key Dates:

  • Team Selection Opens: January 27, 2025, at 18:00 GMT.
  • First Qualifier MTT: February 3, 2025, at 18:00 GMT.
  • Final Team Selection Deadline: March 3, 2025, at 18:00 GMT.

Team Leaders for KKPoker Coach Battle:

Dara O'Kearney
  
Specializes in satellite strategies, ICM tactics, GTO solver analysis, and opponent exploitation.
Notable Publications: Author of several poker strategy books including GTO Poker Simplified, PKO Satellite Strategy, and Endgame Poker Strategy.
Career Earnings: Over $1.4 million in recorded live tournament winnings.

Stoyan Obreshkov
  
  •   Focus Areas: GTO solutions, nodelocking techniques, maintaining a balanced poker-life approach, and delivering high-quality poker experiences.
  •   Career Earnings: More than $1.5 million in live cashes.

Karim Chelli
  
  •  Specializes in tilt management strategies, mental leak identification, and life optimization techniques for improved performance.

Event Structure

The Coach Battle 2025 will consist of multiple tournaments where players can earn cash prizes and access coaching sessions with their chosen team leader. 

To participate and qualify for coaching opportunities, players must select their team through the KKPoker app. The overall winning team will also receive a $1,000 GTD freeroll.

  • Event Timeline: January 27 – March 10 CET.

Qualifying Information:

$500 Qualifiers: In each qualifier MTT, the top-ranking eligible player from each team will advance to STEP 1. Three players (one from each team) will progress per qualifier MTT, totaling 18 players across all qualifiers (six per team).

$200 Last Punch Free: The top two eligible players from each team will also move on to STEP 1. This results in a total of six advancing players (two from each team).

  • TEAM STEP 1: The winner of each team's MTT will secure a place in the $100 Shootout Finale and receive a personal coaching session.
  • $100 Shootout Finale: The overall champion will receive either a bonus coaching session or access to an extensive poker strategy course.

The overall winning team will gain entry into a $1,000 Winners Freeroll.

Prize Distribution:

Qualifier MTTs: Participants will share a $500 GTD prize pool and receive a $20 STEP 1 Ticket along with a group coaching session with their team.

Last Punch Free: Players will share a $200 GTD prize pool plus receive a $20 STEP 1 Ticket and group coaching session.

  • TEAM STEP 1: Winners will share in the prize pool and receive a ticket for the finale along with a personal coaching session.
  • $100 Shootout Finale: The winner will earn $100 along with either a bonus coaching session or access to a poker course.
  • $1,000 GTD Freeroll: Available to all members of the overall winning team.

Players must join a team via the KKPoker app before the first qualifier MTT on February 3 at 18:00 GMT to qualify for advancement and coaching sessions. 

Team selection opens on January 27 at 18:00 GMT. Players who miss this initial deadline can still select a team until March 3 at 18:00 GMT but will not be eligible for advancement from the qualifier MTT or any coaching prizes.

To join the action on KKPoker, players can sign up on the site using KKPoker invite code NEWBONUS for a welcome bonus of $1,000 and a rakeback of 50%.

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