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17 Jan, 2019 Dota 2 ESL One Mumbai announced with $300K prize pool

The e-sports community in India and in Asia generally is growing by leaps and bounds since a decade. One game which has sent shockwaves in the industry over the past years is undoubtedly the strategy game Dota 2. The game developer giant Valve Corporation developed Dota 2, which is a se...

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Poker

17 Jan, 2019 IPOC Day 6: Five players take home titles

After five days of action-packed events hosted on The Spartan Poker in the ongoing India Online Poker Championship (IOPC), Day 6 of the series got over yesterday with a total of 5 winners declared. The series has an enormous INR 8.5+ Crores in total guaranteed prizes. Yesterday’s IOPC s...

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Poker

16 Jan, 2019 Raman Gujral claims PCA Bahamas #32 for largest live cash

Eight Indian players embarked on a journey to The Bahamas earlier this month, each winning a $30,000 Platinum Pass from PokerStars, with which they would be eligible to play in the PokerStars Players Championship (PSPC) and stand a chance to win from a $25+ million prize pool. Unfortuna...

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Poker

16 Jan, 2019 PCA $25K HR – Muehloecker and Durnegger lead final 12

After 20 levels of play yesterday at the $25k High Roller event in the prestigious PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA), the final 12 have emerged at the Atlantis Resort and Casino situated on Paradise Island, Bahamas. Leading the pack of 12 are two Austrians sitting with nearly the sam...

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Poker

16 Jan, 2019 Female player among winners on IOPC Day 5

One of the most anticipated events of 2019 is undoubtedly the India Online Poker Championship (IOPC) hosted by one of the leading brands in the Indian circuit – The Spartan Poker. The series has over 8.5 Crores GTD and began on 11th January 2019 and the first five days already saw huge ...

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Gaming

16 Jan, 2019 ASEAN Gaming Summit Manila to take place in March

Asia Gaming Brief is all set to organize and host the 2019 ASEAN Gaming Summit in Philippines’ capital city Manila. The coveted Summit is to take place between 19-21 March 2019 at the Conrad Hotel in the city. This will be the third edition of the famous Summit, where dignitaries of the...

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Poker

16 Jan, 2019 PCA Main Event Final 6 reached; Rheem leads

The $10,300 Main Event of the overwhelmingly popular PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) has now whittled down to the final 6 players. The event drew a total of 865 entries (including 242 re-entries) all running for the 1st place title and the cash prize of $1,567,100 (~INR 11.14 Crore...

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Poker

16 Jan, 2019 Dhaval Mudgal, Maddy Gupta score big in APT Vietnam HR

The ever-popular Asian Poker Tour (APT) started 2019 on a good note by hosting the APT Vietnam Kickoff at the Pro Poker Club in Ho Chi Minh City. Yesterday, the APT declared its Main Event champion and it was India’s Abhinav Iyer who made his biggest live cash of VND 2.269 billion (~INR...

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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.