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Gambling911.com has all your latest news from the gambling and sports space around the clock. The CoinPoker tournament is called The One. It kicked off October 4, the buy-in is $250, and the prize pool is guaranteed at $5 million no matter how many people show up. First place takes $1 million of it. To actually collect $5 million at $250 a head, CoinPoker needs 20,000 entries. As of Friday it had a little over 10,000, with a handful of starting flights left. The $5 million gets paid either way, and the difference comes out of the poker site's pocket.