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01 Feb, 2019 Key takeaways from 2019 Budget

The BJP Central Government’s last Union budget of their 4-year term was presented in the Parliament today. The 2019 interim Union Budget was presented by Finance Minister Piyush Goyal early in the day in the lower legislative house, the Lok Sabha. This time’s budget is targeted at the I...

Cary Katz leads Aussie Millions $100k Challenge Day 1 Poker

01 Feb, 2019 Cary Katz leads Aussie Millions $100k Challenge Day 1

After the AUD 25k and AUD 50k Challenges that ended recently in the biggest tournament series in southern hemisphere – 2019 Aussie Millions – the AUD 100k Challenge saw its Day 1 earlier today. The tournament drew 33 entries, being a high-stakes event and over the course of the day, the...

Dave Farah leads WPT Borgata Championship FT Poker

01 Feb, 2019 Dave Farah leads WPT Borgata Championship FT

The World Poker Tour (WPT) is currently hosting the WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open at the Borgata Casino and Spa in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The series began on 15th January and will end today, i.e. 1st February 2019. Indian PokerStars Pro Aditya Agarwal was also in the mix in the main...

WSOP finalizes 50th anniversary schedule Poker

01 Feb, 2019 World Series Of Poker finalizes 50th anniversary schedule

Last month, World Series of Poker (WSOP) announced its exciting plans to host 2019 WSOP in a spectacular way, introducing some new structures, formats and events. Caesars Interactive Entertainment, WSOP’s parent company, had given a sneak peek into the beginnings of the schedule. The to...

Kyle Cartwright bags 8th WSOPC ring in Tunica Poker

01 Feb, 2019 Kyle Cartwright bags 8th WSOPC ring in Tunica

World Series of Poker (WSOP) hosts their Circuit tournaments called WSOPC all over the United States and plenty of enthusiasts from across the country come to the series in large numbers, making it a festival of extravagant poker action. Like the WSOP’s prestigious bracelet, the WSOPC h...

Tourism Minister says no new casinos in Goa Gambling

31 Jan, 2019 Tourism Minister says no new casinos in Goa

This month, the Goan authorities had issued a draft tourism policy in an effort to completely revamp their present tourism sector. The policy was drafted by Goa Tourism Development Corporation (GTDC). The policy includes a slew of measures to boost the leisure and entertainment industry...

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31 Jan, 2019 Triton SHR Announces First 2019 Stop In Jeju

After announcing the biggest buy-in tournament in poker history till date to be hosted in 2019, the ultra high-stakes Triton Super High Roller Series has finally released the schedule for the series’ first stop of 2019 – Jeju, South Korea. TheTriton Jeju series will run between 2nd and ...

DPTXpress Sikkim to run between 14-17 March Poker

31 Jan, 2019 DPTXpress Sikkim to run between 14-17 March

If there is one live tournament brand that’s at the tip of every player’s tongue, then its undoubtedly Deltin Poker Tournament (DPT), in association with Adda52. DPT is a brand that’s recognizable to any poker enthusiast across the country. Their famous DPT series in Goa attracts a grea...

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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.

Gutshot Magazine offers the latest and up-to-date pokernews India. 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.

We hope you understand now that Gutshot is among the leading providers of Indian poker news, across the live and online industries. We hope to see you back daily, and don’t forget to reach out to contact@gutshotmagazine.com if you have any feedback for us! 

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