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24 Mar, 2019 Alok Birewar finishes 12th in WPT Vietnam ME; Chauve wins

The biggest tournament of the 2019 WPT Vietnam hosted at the Pro Poker Club in Ho Chi Minh City witnessed a good turnout of 686 entries. After 5 days of some intense competition, the champion of the VND 25 million Main Event was finally declared yesterday. Vincent Chauve (pictured below...

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Poker

23 Mar, 2019 BMW, Harley to be won in PokerSaint’s newest promo

‘Soldiers of Fortune’ is the newest cash table promotion making its way to the PokerSaint’s list of exciting offerings. The new promotion will be hosted between 25th March to 7th April 2019. Each day of the promo will witness 5 leaderboards. Every day, the promotion will include Diamond...

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Poker

23 Mar, 2019 Ashish Ahuja wins again – SSS Triple Bubble this time

Currently, another edition of the cash-rich Spartan Super Series (SSS) is taking place on Spartan Poker, where a total series guarantee of INR 3.5+ Crore is waiting to be won. Yesterday was Day 5 of the ongoing series and by the end of the day, plenty of winners were crowned including A...

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23 Mar, 2019 WPT Vietnam ME: Alok Birewar only Indian in Final 14

Three Indians were in the top ten chip stacks when Day 2 began yesterday at the World Poker Tour DeepStacks (WPTDS) Vietnam Main Event. Being played at the Pro Poker Club in Ho Chi Minh, this venue has been brilliant for Indians in recent times, with Abhinav Iyer and Dhaval Mudgal winni...

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Gambling

23 Mar, 2019 New CM to study Parrikar’s casino policy before acting

With the untimely death of Goa’s incumbent CM Manohar Parrikar, Pramod Sawant filled in the position in the wee hours of Tuesday as the 13th CM of the state. In an interview with TOI, he was asked if he will implement the casino policy which was drafted under Parrikar’s government. Sawa...

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23 Mar, 2019 EPT National Sochi: Aditya Sushant among top stacks on Day 1C

PokerStars LIVE is one of the most popular live poker brands across the globe and with the poker boom in India, we’re seeing much bigger Indian participation in their series which are hosted at various locations throughout the year. Currently, the company is hosting the European P...

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23 Mar, 2019 Kalyan Chakravarthy leads 3 Indians at WPT Vietnam HR Day 1A

In India, the name Kalyan Chakravarthy is becoming synonymous to ‘High Roller’. Very rarely do you see this poker pro taking part in smaller tournaments, as he seems to love playing in and doing well in High Roller tournaments across the world. Once again, we’re here t...

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India

23 Mar, 2019 SSS Day 5: Bubna, Bahl, Shukla among winners

Another 6 tournaments were lined up yesterday on Spartan Poker, as part of the ongoing Spartan Super Series (SSS). One of the major tournaments of the day was the SSS Triple Bubble won by Ashish Ahuja, but plenty of other side events also took place, in addition to the INR 50 Lakh GTD E...

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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 India 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 news 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 on pokernews India 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.

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