Weekly
Weekly Freeroll
4,00,000
Every week of the series, the top of the board plays for a four-lakh prize pool. Entry costs nothing but the hours you already played.
- Top 27 qualify
- Top 12 paid in cash
- Free entry
Player Promotions
Every Session, There’s Money on the Table
GPA backs every game with the strongest promotion stack of any poker room in Bengaluru — a live progressive Bad Beat Jackpot, weekend Splash Pots, and rare-hand bonuses paid at the table. All funded by GPA. None come out of your pot.
Leaderboard Freeroll Series
Bad Beat Jackpot
Royal · Straight Flush · Quads
Weekend Splash Pots
GPA Leaderboard Freeroll Series • October – December
Every Hour
Counts.
Play at GPA and every verified hour at the table climbs you up the leaderboard. No luck. No draws. No coupons. Just hours, and just skill.
01
Play
Sit down at any GPA table. Hold'em or Omaha, any stake.
02
Earn Hours
Every verified hour at the table counts towards your leaderboard total.
03
Rank Higher
More hours, higher rank. The board runs across the full series.
04
Win Bigger
Qualify for the Weekly, the Monthly and the New Year Championship.
Weekly
Monthly
Monthly Grand Freeroll
8,00,000
Bigger hours, bigger rewards. The month's leaders play for an Ultraviolette F77, an iPhone 18 Pro, a MacBook Air — and cash down to 12th.
- Top 3 win hardware
- 4th–12th paid in cash
- Free entry
Grand Finale
New Year Championship
Kia Seltos
The ultimate reward, for the highest hours across the whole series. One car, one winner, and a night nobody at GPA will forget.
- Full-series leaderboard
- Grand prize: Kia Seltos
- New Year finale
Monthly Grand Freeroll — the full ladder
Where the 8,00,000 goes.
1st PlaceUltraviolette F77
2nd PlaceiPhone 18 Pro
3rd PlaceMacBook Air / iPad Pro
| 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60,000 | 50,000 | 44,000 | 40,000 | 37,000 | 35,000 | 34,000 | 31,000 | 29,000 |
Get on the Board
More Promotions
The leaderboard doesn't reward luck. It rewards consistency. Ask the floor team to confirm your hours any time.
Live Progressive
The Bad Beat Jackpot
Lose a monster, win the room. If your Aces full of Jacks or better gets cracked at showdown, you don’t leave broken — you leave with half the live progressive pool. The player who beat you collects 25%. The other 25% is split equally among everyone else seated at the table. Three winners from a single hand.
The pool is seeded at 1,00,000 at launch and resets to a 50,000 seed after every hit, so the next jackpot is already growing the moment one is paid. The live pool is updated on the floor display at the start of every operating day.
LIVE POOL
10,00,000
as of 27 September 2026 · +50,000 / day
- Qualifier: Losing hand of Aces full of Jacks (AAAJJ) or higher
- Both hole cards must play for the winning and losing hands
- Showdown required. Folded hands never qualify
- Minimum pot: 5,000 at showdown
- Split: 50% loser · 25% winner · 25% rest of the table
- Live pool displayed on the floor display, updated daily
How the table share works. The remaining 25% is divided equally among all players who were seated and dealt into the qualifying hand. Players who left the table within the last 30 minutes do not qualify for the share.
Paid at the Table
Rare Hand Bonuses
Hit a monster, get paid for it — on top of the pot you’ve already won. GPA pays a flat cash bonus, in chips, every time you make a Royal Flush, Straight Flush, or Quads at showdown using both your hole cards. The dealer calls the floor, the bonus is verified, and you’re paid at the table within ten minutes.
There’s no claim to file and no points to redeem. You hit it, we pay it. If you consent to a photo for the wall of fame, you’re welcome to — but the bonus is yours either way.
♠
Royal Flush
25,000
♦
Straight Flush
10,000
♣
Quads
5,000
Conditions. Both of your hole cards must play. Hand must reach showdown — folded hands never qualify. Pot must be 5,000 or more at showdown. One bonus per qualifying hand.
Saturday & Sunday Nights
Weekend Splash Pots
Two random splashes every Saturday and Sunday between 8 PM and 1 AM. The Floor Manager drops 5,000 in chips straight into a live, contested pot — no warning, no announcement, no fixed table. The chips become part of the pot. Whoever wins the hand, wins the splash.
That’s 20,000 a weekend in free money sitting in pots across our tables, every weekend. Show up on a Saturday or Sunday night and you’re in the running.
5,000 × 4
Splashes Per Weekend · 20,000 Total
- Days: Saturday & Sunday
- Window: 8:00 PM – 1:00 AM
- Two splashes per evening, random tables
- Contested pots only — at least three players to the flop
- Same table cannot receive two splashes in one evening
- Splash chips go into the pot — won by the hand winner
Frequently Asked
Promotions FAQ
What is the GPA Bad Beat Jackpot and how does it work?
The Bad Beat Jackpot is a live progressive pool. If you lose a hand with Aces full of Jacks or better against an even stronger hand at showdown, you collect 50% of the pool. The player who beat you takes 25%, and the remaining 25% is split among the other active players at the table. The pool seeds at 1,00,000 and resets to 50,000 after every hit. Both winner and loser must use both hole cards; pot must be 5,000 or more.
What hand qualifies for the bad beat?
The losing hand must be Aces full of Jacks (AAAJJ) or stronger, beaten at showdown by an even better hand. Both hole cards must play for both hands. Folded hands never qualify — even if they would have made the hand on a later street.
When and how do GPA splash pots work?
Every Saturday and Sunday between 8 PM and 1 AM, the Floor Manager drops two 5,000 splashes into live, contested pots — four splashes and 20,000 in free chips per weekend. Timing and table selection are random. The splash chips become part of the pot and are won by the hand winner. The hand must reach the flop with at least three players for a splash to apply.
Do I need to claim a rare-hand bonus, or is it automatic?
It is automatic. The dealer announces the qualifying hand at showdown and calls the Floor Manager. Once verified, the bonus is paid in chips at the table within ten minutes, in addition to the pot you have already won. Pot must be 5,000 or more and both hole cards must play.
Can I combine promotions in a single hand?
Yes. Bonuses stack. If you flop quads on a Saturday-night Splash Pot table and the same hand also triggers the Bad Beat Jackpot, you collect each applicable bonus in addition to the pot.
Are bonuses funded by player rake?
All promotional bonuses on this page are funded by Grand Poker Arena out of our promotional spend. They are operationally independent of player buy-ins, the rake, and any rewards points pool. The bonus you collect is the bonus we pay.
What stops collusion or chip dumping for the bonuses?
Every Bad Beat hit is independently verified by the Floor Manager and the Pit Manager, with mandatory CCTV review before payout. Collusion to engineer any bonus hit results in immediate expulsion from GPA, forfeit of the bonus, and permanent membership review.
The Strongest Promotion Stack in Bengaluru
Bad Beat Jackpot. Rare hand bonuses. Weekend splash pots. There’s never been a session at GPA without something extra on the line.