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26 Jun, 2019 APPT Jeju ME: Sahil Chutani among top stacks on Day 1B

A large Indian contingent of players have gone to Las Vegas to be a part of the 50th anniversary of the World Series of Poker (WSOP), where massive cash prizes and a total of 89 gold bracelets are on the line. However, that doesn’t mean that there isn’t value in other tourna...

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26 Jun, 2019 Amit Kumar takes down DVS 7.0 Main Event

PokerDangal is always upping the game with bigger and better tournaments and series and more rewards for all of their players. Their flagship tournament series is called Dangal Value Series (DVS) and very recently, the seventh edition of this series came to an end on their platform, whi...

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26 Jun, 2019 19 arrested at poker game bust in Bangalore hotel

The local police have launched a massive crackdown on poker in Bangalore in the last year or so. Earlier being one of the few cities in India to have licensed live poker games, the industry has suffered in Bangalore with all/most of the top poker rooms having to shut shop in recent mont...

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26 Jun, 2019 PokerBaazi LIVE takes over Casino Pride 2 poker room

In recent times, we’ve seen so many developments that are brilliant for the game of poker in India. Several leagues and tournaments have launched in the last 12-18 months, both live and online. In Goa too, the major poker rooms in all major casinos have been taken over by big name...

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26 Jun, 2019 Akshay Nasa-Sajal Gupta progress to Day 3 of Tag Team Event

This is easily India’s favourite tournament at the World Series of Poker (WSOP), with both of bracelets coming in the Tag Teams Event. The same tournament of WSOP 2019 began yesterday and now, one of our 3 teams to progress to Day 2 has managed to bag their chips and progress to D...

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26 Jun, 2019 Bothra, Kanjani, Kwatra, others move to Day 2 of Event #59

The 2019 World Series of Poker (WSOP) is approaching its business end at the moment, with almost two-thirds of the series done so far. Team India has been making headlines daily but alas, we’ve been short of a shiny new gold bracelet, which only two Indians have won in the past &#...

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25 Jun, 2019 WSOP 2019: Shravan Chhabria finishes 21st in Event #53

From a career in cricket to a career to Bollywood to a career in poker, Shravan Chhabria seems to know how to do it all. And do it well too. Easily one of the most popular names in the Indian poker community, Chhabria has had a great last one year which has seen him bag multiple online ...

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25 Jun, 2019 Akshay Nasa-Sajal Gupta headline Tag Team Event Day 1

This is the one tournament every Indian poker enthusiast was waiting for at the 2019 World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas. Aditya Sushant brought home India’s first WSOP gold bracelet when he won this Tag Team Event in 2017 along with Indian-origin American Nipun Java. Female...

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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.