^^^ I think CoinPoker was already well established before they started their campaign here on bitcointalk. They just aren't as famous as other poker platforms. I saw one of their freeroll tournaments reached 5K, which I never saw on stake.com's 1K usdt freeroll every 6 hours. I also observe that there are more players on CoinPoker right now compared to Stake.com poker.
I'm very active both platform because of their freeroll. Who doesn't love freeroll. lol
The tournament you mentioned was a $10,000 freeroll in collaboration with a meme coin community that already had a large following. However, many participants likely registered just for the sake of participating or to boost the popularity of that meme coin.
If you look at their regular freerolls, the platform seems to struggle with generating enough rake to support larger tournaments. This is evident by their inability to run frequent big freerolls.
In contrast, Stake can easily host million-dollar freerolls every day due to the sheer volume of money flowing through their platform. However, their biggest limitation currently is the lack of a dedicated poker client. Web browser-based poker platforms are notoriously vulnerable to cheating, which is why most major platforms avoid them. In my opinion, Stake is likely developing a dedicated client and wants to build a strong user base before launching it. This could pave the way for even bigger freerolls in the future.
Given the high rake structure of GG Poker, Stake has the potential to be the only competitor that can truly challenge them. I have high hopes for Stake's role in the future of online poker