Winning FREE CASH AND PRIZES at College Poker Association is easy -- no matter what level of game you play!
College Poker Association offers you several different ways to earn entries into our many NO-RISK, FREE CASH AND PRIZE EVENTS. The way you gain entry to these tournaments depends on your skill level and the amount of time you spend playing in our community.
You start with 1000 Player Chips and use these chips to play in our Ring Games, Sit & Go Tournaments, and a few select Multi-Table Tournaments. If you lose your chips, you can refresh your stack back to 1000 at any time.
As you play, you will gather Tickets by WINNING and gather Gold Nuggets simply by PLAYING. Both ways offer you many, many chances to WIN FREE CASH AND PRIZES!!
Gathering Gold Nuggets is how you PLAY Your Way In to our SPONSORED EVENTS. You gather Gold Nuggets any of these ways:
- Play Ring Games
You will get 1 or 2 Gold Nuggets for every hand played depending on whether the game is short-handed (6 or less) or full (7 or more).
- Watch for special GoldStrike™ advertisements
As you play, one of the special GoldStrike™ advertisements will randomly appear for a short time instead of a regular advertisement. Just click on that GoldStrike™ to gather your Gold Nuggets!
- Enter the Daily Gold Nugget Sweepstakes
Once a day, you can enter the Gold Nugget Sweepstakes by visiting our Sweepstakes Page. Every morning, we'll draw 10 of those names -- and each player automatically gets 1000 Gold Nuggets!
- Refer a Friend
Each friend that you refer gives you both the chance to gather Gold Nuggets! Click here for details!
Earning Tickets.
You can earn Tickets any of these ways:
- Placing in a Sit & Go Tournament
You can earn Tickets in 10-Player Sit & Go Tournaments:
- Win any 10-Player 2000 Chip buy-in Entry Level Sit & Go
- Place in any of the top 5 spots in our 10-Player Player Level, or Pro Level Sit & Gos
Click here for the complete list of payouts!
- Ranking on a Leaderboard
- The top 15 Player Chip winners every day on our Ring Games and Sit & Go Tournaments
- The top 75 players in any given week who gather the most Gold Nuggets
See the Leaderboard page for complete details!
Member Levels
College Poker Association offers two member levels, Club Player and Varsity Player.
You may upgrade your member level at any time on the account management page.
Club Player Membership
Club Players are members who give us a minimal amount of information (email address, gender, age and zip code) in order to play our games. Club Players can accumulate Player Chips, Tickets, and Gold Nuggets but can participate only in games with Player Chip buy-ins and cannot win prizes.
Varsity Player Membership
Varsity Players are members who give us more information in order for us to be able to complete transactions such as the awarding of a prize. This information includes name and address. Varsity Players can participate in all tournaments and qualifiers.
How to Sign Up and Play
Getting started at College Poker Association is easy. We first encourage you to sign up at the Club Player (see Member Levels) level and try our games. To sign up, we require you to pick a College Poker Association Nickname and password of your choice. Other than that, we only ask that you enter your zip code, date of birth, gender, and an email address where you can be contacted.
You will be sent an account activation link to this e-mail address. You must click on the link in that e-mail to play any of our games.
To play, select the game you want to play from our Games Page and off you go!
To check your various account balances, change account information, upgrade your member level, or refresh your Player Chips, just go to your My Account page.
If at any time you have a question, first check our FAQ page, and if your question is not answered, send us a Support Request.