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17 Aug, 2019 Devang Yadav loves the biggies; ships Elite on Spartan

It was only less than a month back that we spoke about a major tournament that took place on Spartan Poker during the most recent edition of the India Online Poker Championship (IOPC). We’re talking about the IOPC Make It Big INR 75 Lakh GTD and that massive tournament was taken d...

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16 Aug, 2019 One week later, another Head-Hunter win for Jayjit Ray

As you all may know, Spartan Poker hosts particular tournaments on particular days of the week. Each of them has varying buy-ins and guarantees and on Thursday nights, they have something known as Head-Hunter INR 10 Lakh GTD and as the name suggests, it’s a bounty tournament which...

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16 Aug, 2019 Players boycott Adda52 over TDS policy

Adda52 is one of the leaders of the Indian poker industry with a major hold in the online as well as live space. They host regular live series in Goa and Sikkim under the ‘Deltin Poker Tournament’ brand while also hosting a number of high value tournaments on their online pl...

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15 Aug, 2019 Graeme Siow Wei Lik wins APT Korea Championships Event

The Asian Poker Tour (APT) is among the top names in live poker in Asia, hosting several events throughout the year at various locations. The most recent of them was APT Korea Incheon 2019 which took place between 2-13 August 2019, recently ending with a few winners being declared on th...

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15 Aug, 2019 Arvind Halaharvi takes down Destiny on Spartan Poker

Ask any poker pro what’s their favourite tournament on Spartan Poker and there’s a high chance he/she will end up answering with ‘Destiny’. Hosted every Wednesday night, this tournament has grown in popularity, now running in its 10th edition on the platform. Last nigh...

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14 Aug, 2019 Thirtha ‘DJ TT’ Patil wins Mega Stack on Spartan

Tuesday nights on Spartan Poker means Mega Stack INR 15 Lakh GTD is played out on the platform and the popularity of this tournament meant its guarantee was recently bumped up as well. Still, the participation was good enough to pass the guarantee and record a new prize pool of INR 15.8...

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14 Aug, 2019 2010 – 2019: The IPC Journey

“It’s quite incredible! Who’d have ever thought our journey would bring us here…”, were the words from Peter Abraham as we asked him about the history of the India Poker Championship (IPC), the country’s premier poker tournament series which is set to...

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14 Aug, 2019 APL Hanoi Main Event draws 503 entries on debut

Just yesterday, we spoke about the massive turnout that Asia Poker League (APL) received on the first run of their Kick-Off Event in Hanoi, eventually won by Nguyen Le Quang. The VND 16,500,000 (~INR 50k) Main Event was the next major event taking place simultaneously at the Loyal Poker...

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There are many tournaments that are taking place across various poker platforms. Both Indian and international poker platforms are offering some high value tournaments for poker players, both for pros and newbies. Tournaments series like India Online Poker Championship (IOPC) and Final Table Series are very well-known in the Indian poker circuit. Poker players always look forward to participating in these tournament series as they offer massive guarantees. The poker game as we all know is a very thrilling one.

Aspiring poker players look for poker games through which they can get some great learnings. Online poker took prominence after live tournaments came to a halt due to the COVID-19 lockdown. Online poker news generated had players winning big in these online poker tournaments. All the poker platforms across the globe had to adapt to the new online poker system, owing to the pandemic. Now, everyone who is enthusiastic about poker will play poker online, and will wait till live tournaments are held more frequently.

Good news is that some international poker brands have slowly steadily kick-started getting the live poker tournaments rolling. Many poker players are eagerly looking forward to seeing what the live tournaments feel like in a post lockdown era. The poker news fraternity is also looking forward to covering some action packed poker tournaments.

Poker news is also covered with respect to some major business happenings across the globe. Be it mergers or acquisitions, these business deals include massive money. Readers are intrigued to know how the global poker scene is shaping up with these business deals. The poker platforms are expanding their bases, and gradually adding more value for the players as well.

Poker news is read widely, and makes for some interesting read as well. Poker new sites also cover in-depth analysis of some high value tournaments that are hosted globally. Many poker players take these poker news stories as their study material on a regular basis. Poker news is all the more important as it tells you, which poker platform or poker player is making headlines. The growth of the poker scene, both national and international becomes very crucial to track. 

In India there are some poker platforms that always make headlines. Poker rooms like Spartan Poker, PokerBaazi, Adda52, Natural8, Calling Station, PokerStars India, 9stacks among others always get covered due to the popularity aspect and how poker players flock their sites to play poker.

Poker news also comes from players venturing into different arenas like poker commentary, live-streaming and poker coaching. Many veteran poker players in India have taken to poker coaching as it gives them immense joy to coach budding poker players. Poker news comes from poker tournaments which have an underdog winning poker tournaments that nobody expected. The poker news is always thrilling to read as it covers the complete low down of what went down on various poker felts.

Online poker is also expanding its wings. Earlier poker players preferred the live poker set-up. But, due to the pandemic lockdown, players had to adapt to the regular online poker tournaments. There are many poker sites in India and abroad who are competing daily with each other to make sure that poker news is disseminated quickly and regularly to millions of readers out there.

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Talking about poker news and its importance it is crucial to also look at the legality of the poker game. States like Goa and Sikkim are allowed to have casinos and the union territory of Daman. While other states like Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Odisha, Nagaland, Tamil Nadu, Arunachal Pradesh, Kerala and Telangana do not allow online poker. State governments have the right to construct the legislations for their respective states. The legislations are different in various states.

Even after the Supreme Court defining clearly what is a game of chance and what is a game of skill, the state governments have gone ahead to put in place the legislation as per their will. The final ruling to allow or disallow online gaming stays with the head of state. There has been a lot of furore about the state governments making different rulings. The operators in the online gaming industry have specifically voiced their displeasure. In states where online poker is allowed, the online poker platforms have witnessed growth in terms of user base and revenue state the news reports.

Many poker platforms in the country have been steadily witnessing growth as more and more people come on board. The poker tournaments have seen their advertised prize pools getting crushed. The poker fanatics across the country are heavily participating in online poker tournaments. The poker community in India is growing and the number of professional poker players is also seeing a sharp rise. The Indian poker community is making headlines with their winnings and achievements and poker platforms too are making sure that players get a best-in-class experience while playing the poker game.