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09 Dec, 2018 Emerald Poker Tour Season 2 returns to Colombo

Are you a budding poker player or enthusiast? By now, you would know that the game is growing leaps and bounds in Asia, with plenty of venues being added to the poker calendars of top companies like APT (Asian Poker Tour), APL (Asia Poker League), WPT (World Poker Tour) and others. In S...

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Gaming

09 Dec, 2018 EFSS successfully ended at SiGMA

In a recent article, Gutshot reported that the 2nd edition of European Fantasy Sports Summit (EFSS) will be hosted on the second day of Summit of iGaming Malta (SiGMA), the 29th of November, in the Mediterranean island country of Malta. The agenda was set for the discussion, which inclu...

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Poker

09 Dec, 2018 PokerBaazi Premier League Winter Edition kicks off tomorrow

PokerBaazi is one of the most established brands among other Indian online poker platforms. They come up with plenty of exciting events and tournament series sprinkled all over the years’ timeline. As reported by Gutshot earlier, the PokerBaazi Premier League (PPL) is a series which wil...

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Poker

09 Dec, 2018 Irish Poker Open returns in April 2019

Live poker in the past 5-6 years has taken off in a big way in India with many players heading to Goa or Bangalore or even Sikkim to catch a game or tournament series. In more recent times, there has been plenty of participation in the regional events as well with Team India being ably ...

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Poker

09 Dec, 2018 5 Things To Try Before You give up On Poker

It’s quite understandable if you are a poker player that has gotten frustrated with the game to such an extent that you want to quit. Might we suggest a few changes before you give up the game entirely? A lot of you have dedicated years of your life in the game and we think quitting [&h...

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Poker

09 Dec, 2018 Norway’s poker Godfather Thor Hansen passes away

Norwegian veteran and ace poker player Thor Hansen passed away recently, at the age of 71, after a long struggle with terminal cancer. Hansen was born in the capital city of Oslo, Norway on 23rd June 1947, but Las Vegas occupied a big part in his life. He was lovingly referred to as the...

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Gaming

08 Dec, 2018 Several online gaming licenses issued in Sweden

Sweden recently had updated their regulations in the online gambling market. The new regulations will be in effect from 1st January 2019. The regulatory body of Sweden, called the ‘Lotteriinspektionen’ will be renamed to ‘Spelinspektionen’ (The Gambling Inspectorate) to reflect its expa...

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Poker

08 Dec, 2018 PokerStars drops charges against Gordon Vayo

Last year, PokerStars hosted the 2017 Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP). The American poker pro Gordon Vayo, who has upwards of $6.2 million in total live earnings, signed up to the PokerStars’ hosted event with a Virtual Private Network (VPN). The VPN was used to give the imp...

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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.