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09 Apr, 2019 Win from a pool of 10L a week in Calling Station VIP Race

The weekly VIP race by Calling Station is one of the new promotions in the market with a giveaway of INR 12 Lakhs a week. They go by the philosophy of ‘The more you play, the more you win’. The structure of the VIP race is designed to ensure top 10 players in each category win from a po...

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08 Apr, 2019 Kanishka Samant wins Destiny 8.0 SNG, 10 Lakhs EU package

Destiny is one of Spartan Poker’s major offerings that sees a huge incentive being given to budding players and pros alike. The incentive is a paid trip to a foreign land to indluge in their love for poker. And this time, in Destiny 8th iteration, the prize was an INR 10 Lakhs Eur...

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08 Apr, 2019 Goonjan Mall beats Neel Joshi to bag Sunday Stacks title

A typical Sunday always attracts large turnouts to all the major offerings in India’s online poker world. 9stacks (use sign-up code “GUTSHOT“), one of the newest and budding platforms in the country, hosted Sunday Stacks INR 15 Lakhs GTD last night. The tournament attracted ...

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08 Apr, 2019 Ujjwal Narwal wins Adda52 National Poker Championship

After a slew of satellites, state qualifiers and 3 starting flights, Adda52’s National Poker Championship or the NPC came to a successful end with the champion being declared yesterday. The total number of entries from all the flights came to a staggering 4,241 entries (1,353 from 1A, 1...

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08 Apr, 2019 Akash Gupta wins Spartan Sunday SuperStack

Yesterday, being the first Sunday of the month, Spartan Poker had its biggest weekly tournament on offer. Sunday also is a work-off day for most of the Indian players, so the turnouts are usually big. The platform also hosted 2.o.K, as it is hosted usually on the first Sunday of the mon...

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08 Apr, 2019 April’s Spartan Super Series includes Head Hunter and OFC

Spartan Poker, one of the few brands in the online poker industry in India that’s known for its innovative offerings. Their monthly Spartan Super Series (SSS) is their biggest series offering. It unfailingly attracts the top pros of the community and hands out cashes like crazy. For the...

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08 Apr, 2019 Doddapaneni and ‘iwillbluff’ win Spartan Two of a Kind

The action-packed Two of a Kind (2.o.K) was hosted last night on Spartan Poker. Since it was the first Sunday of the month, the tournament figured as one of the offerings of the platform. The tournament, for a buy-in of INR 5,500, attracted a total of 868 entries (including 174 re-entri...

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08 Apr, 2019 Sahil Chutani beats Raman Gujral to win BSS SuperStac

PokerBaazi started 2019 with a bang, straight up hosting the biggest online tournament the country had ever seen, the Game Changer, and setting precedence for other platforms. The company has seen great success, for these frequent innovations and for their weekly offerings as well. Last...

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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.

Gutshot Magazine offers the latest and up-to-date poker news. Readers can find information about poker tournaments, online poker sites, and exclusive stories and a lot more. Readers can also sign-up via Gutshot Magazine to various affiliate brands listed in the website’s poker rooms tab.

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.