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16 Apr, 2019 Rachit Gupta crowned Monday Nitro winner after 3-way chop

A new tournament on the block called Monday Nitro INR 8 Lakhs GTD by Spartan Poker, one of the leading companies of the online poker scene.  The tournament was introduced as a replacement to the previous Monday feature, Mega Freeze. Monday Nitro began at 7.30 pm on Spartan yesterday and...

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India

16 Apr, 2019 Goa Congress points out Rohan Khaunte’s hypocrisy

Rohan Khaunte, Goa’s incumbent Revenue Minister, recently stated in public that some casinos in the state have brought migrant workers in large numbers to influence the upcoming General Elections, in an effort to further influence the state’s casino policy. Reactions to Khaunte’s commen...

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Poker

16 Apr, 2019 Dangal Value Series 5 kicks off on PokerDangal

PokerDangal is a significant entity in the online poker space of this country. The website has hosted some unique events in the past that have grown on the audience. They recently hosted the Dangal Value Series (DVS) recently, which was in its 4th edition. The series has come back again...

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Gambling

16 Apr, 2019 65 arrested in Kolhapur in gambling den raid

Kolhapur, a city located in the southern part of Maharashtra, saw an extensive gambling raid being conducted recently. The city’s deputy superintendent of police Prerana Katte raided a gambling centre in the heart of the city, arresting a total of 65 people last week. The raid culminate...

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Poker

15 Apr, 2019 Abhishek Garg grinds his way to BSS SuperStack title

Abhishek Garg is known as ‘TheGrinder’ across several online poker platforms in India and it’s quite an apt name for him. It’s not easy to grind so many hours each night and it’s even tougher to outlast all the top pros across India to win these tournaments. Howe...

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Poker

15 Apr, 2019 Arun Karthik wins Spartan SSS Sunday SuperStack

The month’s Spartan Super Series (SSS) is all in the books with yesterday’s Day 5 conducting a total of 5 events. One of those offerings on the day was the feature tournament of the day SSS #25 Sunday SuperStack INR 30 Lakhs GTD. The tournament was hosted with a buy-in of INR 5,500, whi...

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Poker

15 Apr, 2019 Tripathi, Phadke among winners on SSS Day 5

The final day of this month’s Spartan Super Series (SSS) happened yesterday with a total of 5 tournaments being hosted, out of which the biggest and the highlight Main Event was won by ‘propernit’ and the second biggest Sunday SuperStack feature tournament won by Arun Karthik. Here’s a ...

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Poker

15 Apr, 2019 Shravan Chhabria fires 3 bullets, ships Sunday Stacks

Shravan Chhabria has to be among the most well-known names in the Indian poker industry and it’s not for no reason. Whether online or live grinding, he’s always up to the task and there are very few online titles that he hasn’t won till date. Yesterday was another succ...

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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.