CoinPoker's ₮ Sign: How USDT Shows Up in Hand Histories
October 25, 2026 · 2 min read
What you see in the file
CoinPoker prices its cash games in USDT, a stablecoin, and writes amounts with the Tether sign ₮ and no currency code:
CoinPoker Hand #129794100893: NLH (₮0.01/₮0.02) 2026/09/09 12:20:36 CEST
Seat 1: Hero (₮2 in chips)
2e9886c6: posts small blind ₮0.01
Hands from the PokerStars family use a normal currency symbol ($, €) and often a code, for example ($0.01/$0.02 USD). A tracker's importer is built around those, which is why ₮ causes trouble.
Where it goes wrong
- Stakes. A tracker reads the stake from the header. If it doesn't recognise ₮, it can't tell you're playing 1c/2c, so your reports by stake may be wrong or empty.
- Money columns. Winnings, rake and balance figures depend on the amounts being read as a currency.
- Bankroll tracking. Graphs and results in the wrong currency are hard to compare with other rooms.
The ₮ sign appears in cash games. In tournaments the structure is in chips, with no currency in the stack and blind lines.
USDT and the dollar
USDT is designed to track the US dollar, so one ₮ is approximately one dollar. The usual way to make the file readable is to treat ₮ as $ one for one and to add a currency code to the header. It's a close approximation, not an exact one, but it's the sensible choice for tracking results.
PokerHandsConverter does exactly this: it turns ₮ into $ everywhere in the hand, adds the currency code to the header, and leaves tournament chip counts bare. The conversion also rewrites the other fields trackers are picky about; see the time zone problem for the timestamp.
Rake and fees are in ₮ too
The summary line reports the total pot and rake in ₮. A Splash Fee line on some tables, which trackers don't understand, is a common reason for rejected hands. Fixing "Invalid Pot Size" errors explains it, and what rake is and how it affects your win rate covers the basics.
Next step
Once the amounts are in a format your tracker reads, import the file. How to import CoinPoker hands into PokerTracker 4 covers PokerTracker, and Hold'em Manager 3 has its own guide.