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02 Jan, 2019 Gaurav Sood ships PokerStars’ Super Tuesday

PokerStars India began its operations in April 2018, and since then they went on to host many exciting promotions and events which have turned out to be quite popular. This was expected since PokerStars is THE biggest brand of the online poker industry, worldwide. They recently hosted t...

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Poker

01 Jan, 2019 Sagar Choudhury ships PokerBaazi’s Bout

One of the companies helming the online poker industry in India is the well-established Kolkata-based PokerBaazi. They have in-depth knowledge about the industry and it shows in their promotions, tournaments and series. Their Baazi Rewards Program is one of the highlight promotions of t...

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Poker

01 Jan, 2019 HNY 2019 series to begin today on 9stacks

9stacks, the relatively new entrant in the Indian online poker industry, has grown rapidly in the past few months. They received a fairly large investment recently and have been putting it to good use, hosting plenty of exciting promotions and daily tournaments of all buy-ins to suit ev...

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Poker

31 Dec, 2018 Bhanu Prakash ranks 1st in Spartan’s Weekly TLB

After coming from a cool INR 4 Lakhs for topping the October Hot Tournament Leaderboard on The Spartan Poker and ranking 2nd in its Weekly TLB a while later, the well-known online grinder Bhanu Prakash aka ‘spectre’ topped last week’s Weekly TLB for another welcome prize amount of INR 1...

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Poker

31 Dec, 2018 Mihir Thakkar ships PokerBaazi BSS SuperStack

Among the reputed sites riding the Indian online poker market wave is PokerBaazi. They are in the tops in this game and have consistently improved their strategies and built the brand to the comfortable position it is in now, and that doesn’t come easily. It requires a lot of brainstorm...

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Business

31 Dec, 2018 Okada asks Filipino prosecutors to reconsider charges

Japanese business tycoon and ex-Chairman and CEO of Tiger Resorts Leisure and Entertainment Inc. (TRLEI) Kazuo Okada has sought reconsideration of his case with the Philippines Department of Justice (DoJ) earlier this month. Okada has been involved in multiple scandals in the past for w...

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Gambling

31 Dec, 2018 Goa INC alleges 3 casino employees held captive and beaten

The state of Goa has always been the gambling capital of India, but in recent years and especially in 2018, the state has seen its casinos in turmoil for various impositions by the government all aimed at limiting their business. In March this year, the Goan authorities hiked casino lic...

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Poker

31 Dec, 2018 How to be a ‘stud’ at poker

xas Hold’ em might be the most common styles of poker but the real fun lies in mixing it up! Stud poker is slowly catching up to it in terms of popularity and adoption in live tournaments. Here is a lowdown on stud poker” What is stud poker?   Stud poker is a style of poker [&hell...

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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.